Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“the appropriate sum” has the meaning appropriate in accordance with section 2 of this Act;

“harbour authority” means a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946);

“local authority” means any of the following bodies :

(a) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1955,

(b) a vocational education committee,

(c) a committee of agriculture,

(d) a school attendance committee,

(e) the Dublin Fever Hospital Board,

(f) the former Cork Fever Hospital Board;

“mental hospital authority” means a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945);

“scheduled pension” means a pension or allowance specified in the Schedule to this Act and, where the expression comprises a reference to a particular Part of that Schedule, means a pension or allowance specified in that Part.

(2) A scheduled pension or pension referred to in section 7 of this Act which is awarded in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of August, 1956, and which comes in course of payment in whole or in part on a subsequent day shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been in course of payment on the 1st day of August, 1956, except in the case of an award in respect of a person on his retirement from employment which is approved employment within the meaning of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1914.

(3) A pension granted by a local authority which has ceased to exist shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been granted by the successor of that local authority.