Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1952

Increase of certain pensions in respect of service ended after relevant date.

5.—(1) This section applies to a pension which—

(a) was granted in respect of service which ended on or after the relevant date, and

(b) was determined as a proportion of the remuneration of the person concerned, and

(c) was so determined by reference to a period which commenced before the relevant date.

(2) A pension to which this section applies shall, with effect from (and inclusive of) the date of the commencement of the pension or the 1st day of April, 1949, whichever is the later, be increased by the amount which would make such pension equal to the pension which would be payable on retirement to the person concerned if, for the five years immediately preceding the relevant date, he had been remunerated at the rate or scale of remuneration applicable to him on the relevant date.