Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950

Person having more than one pension.

8.—(1) Where a person has been granted more than one pension—

(a) no payments shall be made at any time in respect of an increase granted to such person under this Act if such payments would bring the aggregate of the pensions to more than £450 a year,

(b) if each of the pensions is either a scheduled (Part I) pension or a scheduled (Part III) pension, the increase under this Act shall, subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection, be an increase equal to the appropriate sum ascertained as if the aggregate of the pensions was one scheduled pension and such increase shall be allocated between the pensions proportionately.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the word “pension” means any pension, allowance or compensation payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas or out of the Central Fund, out of the funds of a local authority or harbour authority or out of the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund or the Shannon Navigation Fund.