Social Welfare Act, 1950

Restriction on increase of remuneration, etc.

22.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the committee of management without the consent of the Minister to pay to any person, who, on the 1st day of January, 1950, was an officer or employee of the Society, remuneration in respect of any period subsequent to the passing of this Act at a rate greater than the rate of remuneration of such person on the 1st day of January, 1950.

(2) It shall not be lawful for the committee of management without the consent of the Minister to pay to any person who, after the 1st day of January, 1950, and before the passing of this Act, became an officer or employee of the Society, remuneration in respect of any period subsequent to the passing of this Act at a rate greater than the rate of remuneration of a similar officer or employee of the Society on the 1st day of January, 1950.

(3) It shall not be lawful for the committee of management without the consent of the Minister to fix or alter the remuneration of any person becoming an officer or employee of the Society after the passing of this Act.

(4) Where an officer or employee of the Society has remuneration comprising a scale of annual increments, nothing in this section shall restrict the grant in accordance with the scale of any of the increments.