Pensions (Increase) Act, 1960
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Increase of scheduled (Part III) pensions. |
5.—(1) The local authority who granted a pension specified in 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, he 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 which is either a health authority within the meaning of the Health Act, 1947 , in their capacity as an authority performing functions under the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1958, or a joint board performing functions under those Acts—the Minister for Health, and | ||
(b) in relation to any other local authority—the Minister for Local Government. | ||
(6) The pension payable under section 4 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947 , shall, for the purposes of the foregoing subsections of this section and of Part III of the Schedule to this Act, be deemed to be a pension granted by the paying authority referred to in that section. |