Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950

Appropriate sum.

2.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, for the purposes of this Act the appropriate sum in relation to a scheduled pension shall be—

(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) The following provisions shall have effect for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section:

(a) the amount of a pension in the computation of which any emergency bonus has been taken into account shall be deemed to be the amount which would have resulted if the emergency bonus had not been taken into account;

(b) 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 the appropriate sum shall be reduced by the amount of any such increase;

(c) the amount of a pension shall, subject to the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection, be the amount of the full pension, whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all.