Superannuation Act, 1887

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22 Vict. c. 26.

Definitions.

12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

The expression “civil servant” means a person who has served in an established capacity in the permanent civil service of the State within the meaning of section seventeen of the Superannuation Act, 1859.

The expression “public department” means the Treasury, the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, and any of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, and any other public department of the Government; and the expression “prescribed public department” means, as respects any matter, the department prescribed for the purpose of that matter by the Treasury.