Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956
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Appropriate sum. |
2.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, for the purposes of this Act the appropriate sum in relation to a scheduled pension shall be— | |
(a) where the amount of the pension does not exceed £100 a year, 15 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, £15 a year, | ||
(c) where the amount of the pension exceeds £125 a year but does not exceed £150 a year, 12 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, £18 a year, | ||
(e) where the amount of the pension exceeds £200 a year but does not exceed £300 a year, 9 per cent. of the amount of the pension, | ||
(f) where the amount of the pension exceeds £300 a year, but does not exceed £450 a year, £27 a year, | ||
(g) where the amount of the pension exceeds £450 a year, 6 per cent. of the amount of the pension. | ||
(2) The following provisions shall have effect for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section: | ||
(a) the amount of a pension which is paid partly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas and partly out of moneys administered by another government shall not include any increase payable out of moneys administered by the other government, but the appropriate sum shall be reduced by the amount of any such increase except where that increase has been taken into account pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 (No. 3 of 1950); | ||
(b) the annual amount of a pension shall, subject to the foregoing paragraph of this subsection, be the annual amount of the full pension (less any part surrendered), whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all. |