Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1950” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 ; | ||
“the Act of 1956” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956 ; | ||
“harbour authority” means a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946 ; | ||
“local authority” means any of the following bodies : | ||
(a) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1959, | ||
(b) a vocational education committee, | ||
(c) a committee of agriculture, | ||
(d) a school attendance committee, | ||
(e) the Dublin Fever Hospital Board, | ||
(f) the former Cork Fever Hospital Board ; | ||
“mental hospital authority” means a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 ; | ||
“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) Where a scheduled pension, a pension referred to in section 7 of this Act or a pension specified in the Schedule to the Act of 1956 was awarded in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of August, 1959, and comes in course of payment in whole or in part on a subsequent day, it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been in course of payment on the 1st day of August, 1959, 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. | ||
(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 or paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1956. | ||
(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. |