Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956
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Increase of scheduled (Part III) pension. |
5.—(1) The local authority who granted a scheduled (Part III) pension specified in paragraph (a) of Part III of the Schedule to this Act may grant one increase (and no more) of the pension, and the increase shall be an increase to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister, or is in accordance with an approval which is applicable to the pension and which has been given by the Minister in respect of a class of such pensions. | |
(2) Where a person is aggrieved by a refusal or failure during the period of twelve months after the passing of this Act to grant an increase under subsection (1) of this section, such person may, in the case of a refusal, not later than six months after the refusal, or, in the case of a failure, not later than six months after the expiration of the said twelve months, appeal to the Minister against the refusal or failure. | ||
(3) Where a person is aggrieved by an increase granted under subsection (1) of this section, he may, not later than six months after the grant of the increase, appeal against it to the Minister. | ||
(4) On an appeal under this section, the Minister may either refuse the appeal or make such provisions as should, in his opinion, have been made by the local authority concerned, and any provisions so made by the Minister shall have effect as if made by that authority. | ||
(5) In the foregoing subsections of this section and in Part III of the Schedule to this Act “the Minister” means— | ||
(a) in relation to a local authority other than a mental hospital authority, the Minister for Local Government, and | ||
(b) in relation to a mental hospital authority, the Minister for Health. | ||
(6) The Minister for Local Government may grant one increase (and no more) of a scheduled (Part III) pension specified in paragraph (b) of Part III of the Schedule to this Act. |