“3A Additional payments for period 1 October 2010 to 27 April 2011

• “(1) Every person entitled to receive any retiring allowance, annual allowance, or annuity described in section 3 is entitled to be paid by the Government Superannuation Fund Authority, from any money paid to the Authority by the Crown for the purpose, an additional amount equal to 2.02% of any amount of the allowance or annuity payable to him or her under the principal Act in respect of the period commencing on 1 October 2010 and ending on the close of 27 April 2011.

  “(2) An additional amount payable to a person under subsection (1)—

  • “(a) must be paid by the Authority on the date or dates the Authority in its discretion decides; and

  • “(b) must be disregarded for the purpose of calculating an annual adjustment under this Act; but

  • “(c) must for all other purposes be treated as a payment of the person's retiring allowance, annual allowance, or annuity.”