Army Pensions Act, 1953

PART III.

Increases of Pensions and Allowances under the Acts.

Appropriate sum.

12.—(1) For the purposes of this Part, “the appropriate sum” in relation to a pension means—

(a) where the amount of the pension does not exceed £100 a year, 50 per cent. of the amount of the pension,

(b) where the amount of the pension exceeds £100 a year but does not exceed £125 a year, £50 a year,

(c) where the amount of the pension exceeds £125 a year but does not exceed £150 a year, 40 per cent. of the amount of the pension,

(d) where the amount of the pension exceeds £150 a year but does not exceed £200 a year, £60 a year,

(e) where the amount of the pension exceeds £200 a year but does not exceed £346 3s. 1d. a year, 30 per cent. of the amount of the pension,

(f) where the amount of the pension exceeds £346 3s. 1d. a year, sufficient to bring the amount of the pension to £450 a year.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the amount of a pension shall be the amount of the full pension, whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all.

(3) In this section “pension” does not include a further pension under section 2 or section 3 of the Act of 1923, or a married pension.