Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956
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Supplemental provisions. |
10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every provision, being a provision which was made by or under statute and which applied in relation to a pension increased under this Act before such increase, shall apply to the pension as so increased, including, in particular, every such provision with respect to the fund, moneys or other source out of which the pension is to be paid or with respect to the manner in which the cost of the pension is to be borne, defrayed or contributed to. | |
(2) Where a person has been granted a pension specified in paragraph (f) of Part I of the Schedule to this Act and also another pension payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, subarticle (b) of Article 5 of the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Order, 1924 ( S.R. & O., No. 9 of 1924 ), shall have effect in relation to him with such modifications (if any) in his favour as the Minister for Finance considers proper. | ||
(3) Where a person has been granted two or more scheduled (Part I) pensions, the pensions shall be aggregated and treated as one pension for the purposes of this Act, and any increase under this Act shall be allocated between the pensions proportionately. | ||
(4) Where an increase in a scheduled pension granted pursuant to the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, the Superannuation Act, 1947 (No. 29 of 1947), section 79 of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948 (No. 4 of 1948), or the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950 (No. 3 of 1950), was in course of payment on the 1st day of August, 1956, the amount of such pension which may be increased under this Act shall be the amount of pension payable as on the 1st day of August, 1956. | ||
(5) An increase under this Act of a pension shall, for the purposes of clause (e) of paragraph (II) of Rule I of the Rules contained in the Seventh Schedule to the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), be regarded as a voluntary or gratuitous payment. | ||
(6) Every doubt, question or dispute arising under this Act in relation to a scheduled (Part I) pension, scheduled (Part II) pension or pension referred to in section 7 of this Act shall be decided by the Minister for Finance, whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. |