S.I. No. 21/1951 - Pensions (Increase) (Dublin Port and Docks Board) Regulations, 1951.

S.I. No. 21 of 1951.

PENSIONS (INCREASE) (DUBLIN PORT AND DOCKS BOARD) REGULATIONS, 1951.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 7 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 (No. 3 of 1950), hereby makes the following regulations :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions (Increase) (Dublin Port and Docks Board) Regulations, 1951.

2. In these Regulations—

the expression " the Act " means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 (No. 3 of 1950);

the expression " the appropriate sum " has the meaning given to it in the Act ;

the expression " the harbour authority " means the Dublin Port and Docks Board ;

the word " pension " means an allowance specified in Part V of the Schedule to the Act ;

the expression " scheduled worker " means a person who served in any of the categories specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3. The increase in pension which may be granted by the harbour authority under the Act in the case of a scheduled worker shall not exceed whichever of the following is the less—

(a) the appropriate sum, or

(b) the amount which would bring the pension up to that which would be payable to a scheduled worker of equivalent status and service who retired on the 31st day of January, 1947.

SCHEDULE.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 26th day of January, 1951.

(Signed) JOHN LEYDON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

A person authorised under Section 15 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , to authenticate the Seal of the said Minister.