Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968
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Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act. |
10.—(1) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (3) of section 14 of the Principal Act as amended by section 15 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 : | |
“(3) A Ministerial pension shall be at the following rates, that is to say: | ||
so long as the pensionable service of the person entitled thereto is less than four years, twenty-five per cent. of the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach or (if the person held the office of Taoiseach on the last day on which he held qualifying office) to the Taoiseach, | ||
if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than five years but not less than four years, twenty-nine per cent. of the sum aforesaid, | ||
if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than six years but not less than five years, thirty-three per cent. of the sum aforesaid, | ||
if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than seven years but not less than six years, thirty-seven per cent. of the sum aforesaid, | ||
if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than eight years but not less than seven years, forty-one per cent. of the sum aforesaid, | ||
in case such person's pensionable service is not less than eight years, forty-five per cent. of the sum aforesaid.”. | ||
(2) The Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 , the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956 , the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959 , the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1960 , the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964 , and regulations under the said Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964 , shall not, unless regulations made under the said Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964 , after the passing of this Act, provide otherwise, apply— | ||
(a) in relation to a ministerial pension or a secretarial pension, | ||
or | ||
(b) in relation to a widow's pension (within the meaning of the Principal Act) calculated by reference to a ministerial pension (whether paid or not) or a secretarial pension (whether paid or not). | ||
(3) In this section “qualifying office” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Principal Act. | ||
(4) This section and section 11 of this Act shall come into operation on the date of the passing of this Act. |