S.I. No. 105/1968 - Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1968.

S.I. No. 105 of 1968.

DEFENCE FORCES (PENSIONS) (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1968.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.

Article

1. Short title, construction and collective citation.

2. Commencement.

3. Application of Interpretation Act, 1937.

4. Definitions.

5. Amendment of Article 26A of the Principal Scheme.

6. Amendment of Article 28A of the Principal Scheme.

S.I. No. 105 of 1968.

DEFENCE FORCES (PENSIONS) (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1968.

I, MICHEÁL HILLIARD, Minister for Defence, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2 , 3 and 5 of the Defence Forces (Pensions) Act, 1932 (No. 26 of 1932), and by section 4 of the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act, 1938 (No. 33 of 1938), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following Scheme:

1 Short title, construction and collective citation.

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1968.

(2) The Defence Forces (Pensions) Schemes, 1937 to 1965, and this Scheme shall be construed together and may be cited together as the Defence Forces (Pensions) Schemes, 1937 to 1968.

2 Commencement.

2. This Scheme shall come into force on the day after the date on which it is made.

3 Application of Interpretation Act, 1937 .

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme.

4 Definitions.

4. In this Scheme—

"the Principal Scheme" means the Defence Forces (Pensions) Scheme, 1937 (S.R. and O., No. 249 of 1937), as amended by subsequent Schemes;

"the Amending Scheme of 1947" means the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1947 (S.R. and O., No. 81 of 1947);

"the Amending Scheme of 1965" means the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1965 ( S.I. No. 154 of 1965 ).

5 Amendment of Article 26A of the Principal Scheme.

5. (1) Article 26A of the Principal Scheme (inserted by Article 22 of the Amending Scheme of 1947) shall, as respects a long-service soldier discharged on or after the 21st day of August, 1965, have effect as if—

( a ) the pension payable to him under sub-article (1) of that Article, as amended by Article 7 of the Amending Scheme of 1965, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in the Table to the said Article 7, were payable at the rate specified in the Table to this Article opposite the mention of his retiring rank,

( b ) in the case of a soldier discharged on or after the 21st day of August, 1965, and before the 1st day of June, 1966, a married pension payable to him under sub-article (3) of that Article, as amended by the said Article 7, in lieu of being payable at the rate of twenty-three shillings and nine pence per week, were payable at the rate of twenty-four shillings and nine pence per week,

( c ) in the case of a soldier discharged on or after the 1st day of June, 1966, such married pension, in lieu of being payable at the rate of twenty-three shillings and nine pence per week, were payable at the rate of twenty-six shillings and four pence per week.

(2) In this Article and in the Table hereto, "retiring rank" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 25 of the Principal Scheme.

(3) This Article shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 21st day of August, 1965.

TABLE

Retiring Rank	Rate per week of pension in respect of 21 years' qualifying service
Discharge before 1st June, 1966		Discharge on or after 1st June, 1966
	s.	d.	s.	d.
Sergeant-Major ... ... ...	105	9	111	0
Battalion Quartermaster-Sergeant	94	9	99	9
Company-Sergeant ... ...	88	0	93	0
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant	81	3	86	0
Sergeant ... ... ...	74	0	79	0
Corporal ... ... ... ...	68	9	74	0
Private ... ... ... ...	52	6	57	9

6 Amendment of Article 28A of the Principal Scheme.

6. (1) Article 28A of the Principal Scheme (inserted by Article 26 of the Amending Scheme of 1947) as amended by Article 8 of the Amending Scheme of 1965, shall have effect as if the gratuity payable thereunder to a soldier, in lieu of being calculated by reference to Table II to the said Article 8—

( a ) were, in the case of a soldier discharged or transferred to the Reserve on or after the 21st day of August, 1965, and before the 1st day of June, 1966, calculated by reference to Table I to this Article,

( b ) were, in the case of a soldier discharged or transferred to the Reserve on or after the 1st day of June, 1966, calculated by reference to Table II to this Article.

(2) This Article shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 21st day of August, 1965.

TABLE I

Ref. No.	Retiring Rank	Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service less than 7 years			Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service not less than 7 years but less than 13 years			Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service not less than 13 years but less than 21 years
(1)	(2)	(3)			(4)			(5)
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1.	Private ... ...	5	0	0	10	0	0	15	0	0
2.	Any rank being that of Corporal or Sergeant	7	2	0	14	4	0	21	6	0
3.	Any rank being that of Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, Company-Sergeant, Battalion Quartermaster-Sergeant or Sergeant-Major	8	19	0	17	18	0	26	17	0

TABLE II

Ref. No.	Retiring Rank	Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service less than 7 years			Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service not less than 7 years but less than 13 years			Rate for each year of qualifying service where total qualifying service not less than 13 years but less than 21 years
(1)	(2)	(3)			(4)			(5)
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1.	Private ... ...	5	10	0	11	0	0	16	10	0
2.	Any rank being that of Corporal or Sergeant	7	12	0	15	4	0	22	16	0
3.	Any rank being that of Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, Company-Sergeant, Battalion Quartermaster-Sergeant or Sergeant-Major	9	8	9	18	17	6	28	6	3

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of May, 1968.

MICHEÁL HILLIARD.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Scheme.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 6th day of

May, 1968.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This statutory instrument provides for increases in the pensions or gratuities payable to soldiers discharged or transferred to the Reserve Defence Force on or after the 21st August, 1965.