6. Every supplementary benefit is granted for life and is payable from the date on which the pension or deferred pension of the member becomes payable under the Pension Plan of Elected Municipal Officers or from 1 January 2002 if the pension was paid to the member before that date.
For a pensioner whose pension was suspended on 31 December 2001, the supplementary benefit is payable to the pensioner on the date the pension is paid again.