Pensions (Increase) Act, 1960

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SCHEDULE.

Scheduled Pensions.

Section 1.

Part I.

A pension or allowance which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1960, and which was—

(a) a pension granted under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955,

(b) a pension granted under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955,

(c) a pension granted under the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957, or the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Orders, 1922 and 1924, or those orders as varied by the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955 not being a widow's pension or a child's allowance,

(d) an annual allowance granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1956, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955,

(e) an annual allowance granted under a warrant made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act, 1887, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955,

(f) a special annual allowance granted by way of compensation under section 7 of the Superannuation Act, 1859, or section 6 of the Superannuation Act, 1909, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955,

(g) a pension granted under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , and the Courts of Justice Act, 1947 , in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of April, 1953,

(h) a pension granted under the Comptroller and Auditor-General Act, 1923 , and the Comptroller and Auditor-General (Amendment) Act, 1944 , in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of April, 1953,

(i) a pension granted by the former National Health Insurance Society to a person under the superannuation arrangements approved of by that Society,

(j) a pension granted under section 4 of the Court Officers Act, 1945 , in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955.

Part II.

(a) (i) A widow's pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under Scale (i) in paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950 ( S.I. No. 154 of 1950 ), or under Scale (i) in paragraph A of Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925 ( S.R. & O., No. 63 of 1925 ), as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950.

(ii) A widow's ordinary pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under Scale (ii) in paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, or under Scale (ii) in Paragraph A of Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925, or a widow's special pension calculated under rule 7 in paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950, or under subparagraph 2 of Paragraph A of Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950.

(b) A widow's pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Orders, 1924, 1929, 1936 and 1949.

(c) A child's allowance, whether granted before or after the passing of this Act, which is payable at a rate specified in paragraph 7 or paragraph 10 of the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1955 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1955 ).

Part III.

A pension or allowance which was granted by a local authority and which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1960, being—

(i) a pension or allowance which was granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955, or, where in the opinion of the Minister special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a local authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which ended before a day not later than the 2nd day of April, 1956, determined by the local authority with the consent of the Minister, or

(ii) a pension or allowance which was computed in whole or in part by reference to the average annual amount of pensionable remuneration over a period which commenced not less than three months before the 1st day of November, 1955, or, where in the opinion of the Minister special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a local authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which commenced not less than three months before a day not later than the 2nd day of April, 1956, determined by the local authority with the consent of the Minister.

Part IV.

A pension or allowance which was granted by a harbour authority and which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1960, being—

(i) a pension or allowance which was granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1955, or, where in the opinion of the Minister for Transport and Power special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a harbour authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which ended before a day not later than the 2nd day of April, 1956, determined by the harbour authority with the consent of that Minister, or

(ii) a pension or allowance which was computed in whole or in part by reference to the average annual amount of pensionable remuneration over a period which commenced not less than three months before the 1st day of November, 1955, or, where in the opinion of the Minister for Transport and Power special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a harbour authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which commenced not less than three months before a day not later than the 2nd day of April, 1956, determined by the harbour authority with the consent of that Minister.