Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956
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Increase of certain other pensions. |
7.—(1) Where a pension— | |
(a) was granted in respect of service which ended on or after the 1st day of November, 1952, | ||
(b) was computed in whole or in part by reference to the average annual amount of salary or weekly rate of pay over a period which commenced before the 1st day of November, 1952, and ended before the 1st day of November, 1955, | ||
(c) would have been increased under section 3 of this Act if the service had ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, and | ||
(d) is not a pension to be increased under any provision of this Act, | ||
the pension shall be increased by— | ||
(i) one-twelfth of the appropriate sum in respect of every period of three months before the 1st day of November, 1952, included in the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this section, or | ||
(ii) the difference between the amount of the pension and the amount that would be payable if the pension were computed by reference to an annual average amount of salary or weekly pay determined as if the rate of annual salary or weekly pay which first commenced to be paid on the 1st day of November, 1952, had been in effect for the whole of the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this section, | ||
whichever is the less. | ||
(2) In subsection (1) of this section, any reference to salary shall be construed— | ||
(a) where the relevant pension is a pension under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1954, as a reference to the scale salary, within the meaning of those Schemes, and | ||
(b) where the relevant pension is a pension under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956, as a reference to the standard salary less any special increment, within the meaning of those Schemes. |