(1) This order applies to every person who at any time on or after 9 July 1976 was then a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund and who is or would have been (if he had not retired) entitled to an adjustment in remuneration consequential on the implementation after 14 May 1977 of any part of the general review made by the Higher Salaries Commission as at 1 April 1976 of the salaries and allowances of the persons to whom regulation 23(1) of the Wage Adjustment Regulations 1974 (SR 1974/143) applies:
provided that this order shall not apply to any contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund who belongs or belonged during any of the periods specified in subclause (3) to any occupational class, group, or category that, pursuant to the determination of any tribunal or of any other wage fixing body, has or will receive all or any part of the said adjustment with effect commencing on any date other than 15 May 1977.
(3) Every person to whom this order applies may, by giving notice in writing before 30 June 1978 addressed to the Superintendent of the said Fund, elect to contribute in respect of his contributory service on and after 9 July 1976 as if his remuneration had been increased in the following manner in respect of each separate classification, grading, or office held during any part of the periods mentioned below:
(a) for the period from 9 July 1976 to 10 October 1976, both dates inclusive, by the amount of any increase in remuneration consequential on the implementation after 14 May 1977 of any part of the said general review; but excluding the portion of any such increase attributable to the granting by any tribunal or other wage fixing body of the percentage increases in remuneration referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c):