Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1953

Increase of Pensions.

2.—(1) A pension under the Act of 1924 or the Act of 1934 shall be increased by the appropriate sum.

(2) Increases under this section shall commence as follows:

(a) in the case of a pension the day of commencement of which is on or before the 1st day of January, 1953, the increase shall commence as from the 1st day of January, 1953, and

(b) in the case of a pension the day of commencement of which is after the 1st day of January, 1953, the increase shall commence as from the day of the commencement of the pension.

(3) In applying subsection (1) of this section where the pension is granted on or after the day of the passing of this Act, the amount of the pension shall first be determined without regard to this section and that amount shall then be increased.

(4) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate sum in relation to a 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 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.