Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1950” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 ; | ||
“the Act of 1956” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956 ; | ||
“the Act of 1959” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959 ; | ||
“the Act of 1960” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1960 ; | ||
“the date of retirement” means, in relation to a pension or a pensioner, the last day of the relevant pensionable service; | ||
“harbour authority” means a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946 ; | ||
“local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956 , and also includes a body to which that Act applies by virtue of an order made under section 3 of the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Finance; | ||
“scheduled pension” means a pension or allowance specified in the Schedule to this Act and, where the expression comprises a reference to a particular Part of that Schedule, means a pension or allowance specified in that Part; | ||
any other reference to a pension shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to an allowance. | ||
(2) (a) Where a scheduled pension was awarded in respect of service which ended before the relevant day and comes in course of payment in whole or in part on a subsequent day, it shall be deemed for the purposes of Part II or Part III (as may be appropriate) of this Act to have been in course of payment on the relevant day except in the case of an award in respect of a person on his retirement from employment which is approved employment within the meaning of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1914 . | ||
(b) In the foregoing paragraph “the relevant day” means— | ||
(i) in relation to Part II of this Act, the 1st day of August, 1962, or a later day determined under section 13 or section 15 of this Act (as may be appropriate), or | ||
(ii) in relation to Part III of this Act the 1st day of November, 1963, or a later day determined under section 23 or section 25 of this Act (as may be appropriate). | ||
(3) A pension granted by a local authority which has ceased to exist shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been granted by the successor of that local authority. | ||
(4) For the purposes of this Act, the amount of a pension which is paid partly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas and partly out of moneys administered by another government shall not include any increase payable out of moneys administered by the other government, but, in such a case, the amount to be added in accordance with this Act shall be reduced by the amount of any such increase except where that increase has been taken into account pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1950, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1956, subsection (4) of section 1 of the Act of 1959 or subsection (4) of section 1 of the Act of 1960. | ||
(5) A reference in this Act to the amount of a pension shall, subject to subsection (4) of this section, be construed as a reference to the annual amount of the full pension (less any part surrendered), whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all. | ||
(6) A reference in this Act to salary or weekly pay shall be construed— | ||
(a) where the relevant pension is a pension under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958, as a reference to the scale salary, within the meaning of those Schemes, | ||
(b) where the relevant pension is a pension under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1963, as a reference to the standard salary less any special increment, within the meaning of those schemes. |