Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1952

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

the expression “the Act of 1949” means the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1949 (No. 12 of 1949);

the expression “the appropriate sum” in relation to a pension means—

(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 amount of the pension,

(f) where the amount of the pension exceeds £346 3s. 1d. a year, sufficient to make the amount of the pension £450 a year;

the expression “authorised undertaker” and the word “undertaking” have the same meanings respectively as they have in the Principal Act;

the expression “the Board” means the Electricity Supply Board;

the expression “the manual workers superannuation scheme” means the scheme set out in the Schedule to the Electricity Supply Board (Confirmation of Manual Workers Superannuation Scheme) Order, 1943 ( S.R. & O., No. 183 of 1943 );

the word “pension” means a pension, payable to a person who is not in the service of the Board, under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1927 to 1949, or under a scheme made in pursuance of the Superannuation Act of 1942, or both;

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 (No. 27 of 1927);

the expression “the relevant date” means—

(a) in the case of a person to whom the manual workers superannuation scheme applies or who would be or would have been classified as a manual worker for the purposes of that scheme if that scheme applied to him, the 23rd day of September, 1946;

(b) in any other case, the 1st day of April, 1946;

the expression “the Superannuation Act of 1942” means the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act, 1942 (No. 17 of 1942).