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PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACT, 1956

SCHEDULE.

Scheduled Pensions.

Section 1 .

Part I.

A pension or allowance which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1956, and which was—

(a) a pension granted under the National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1879,

(b) a pension granted under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1954, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952,

(c) a pension granted under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952,

(d) a pension or allowance granted under the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1883, as amended by the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1908, the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1914, the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1916, the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1918, and the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1919, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, not being a pension granted under the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Orders, 1922 and 1924, or those orders as varied by the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1955, to or in respect of a person who became a member of the amalgamated force under the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925),

(e) a pension granted under the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1955, or the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Orders, 1922 and 1924, or those orders as varied by the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1955, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, not being a pension specified in the foregoing paragraph or a widow's pension or a child's allowance,

(f) a pension granted under the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Orders, 1924, 1929, 1936 and 1949, not being a widow's pension,

(g) an annual allowance granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1954, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952,

(h) an annual allowance granted under a warrant made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act, 1887, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952,

(i) a special annual allowance granted by way of compensation under section 7 of the Superannuation Act, 1859, or section 6 of the Superannuation Act, 1909, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952,

(j) a pension granted under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 (No. 48 of 1936), and the Courts of Justice Act, 1947 (No. 20 of 1947), in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of April, 1953,

(k) a pension granted under the Comptroller and Auditor-General Act, 1923 (No. 1 of 1923), and the Comptroller and Auditor-General (Amendment) Act, 1944 (No. 19 of 1944), in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of April, 1953,

(l) a pension granted under the Griffith Settlement Act, 1923 (No. 5 of 1923),

(m) a pension granted under the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937),

(n) a pension granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of January, 1953, to a person who had been employed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in relation to the care or conservancy of the navigation or the drainage of the River Shannon or any tributary thereof or of works constructed for the improvement of such navigation or drainage,

(o) a pension granted by the former National Health Insurance Society to a person under the superannuation arrangements approved of by that Society,

(p) a compensation allowance payable under the Clerk of Seanad Éireann (Compensation) Act, 1939 (No. 16 of 1939), or

(q) a pension granted under section 4 of the Court Officers Act, 1945 (No. 25 of 1945), in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952.

Part II.

(a) (i) A widow's pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under Scale (i) in paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950 (S.R. & O., No. 154 of 1950), or under Scale (i) in Paragraph A of Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925 (S.R. & O., No. 63 of 1925), as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950.

(ii) A widow's ordinary pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under Scale (ii) in paragraph (a) in Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, or under Scale (ii) in Paragraph A in Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925, or a widow's special pension calculated under rule 7 in paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950, or under subparagraph 2 of Paragraph A in Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925, as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950.

(b) A widow's pension granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Orders, 1924, 1929, 1936 and 1949.

(c) A widow's pension or child's allowance granted whether before or after the passing of this Act under the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1952.

Part III.

(a) A pension or allowance which was granted by a local authority and which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1956, being—

(i) a pension or allowance which was granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, or where in the opinion of the Minister special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a local authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which ended before a day not later than the 6th day of April, 1953, determined by the local authority with the consent of the Minister, or

(ii) a pension or allowance which was computed in whole or in part by reference to the average annual amount of pensionable remuneration over a period which commenced not less than three months before the 1st day of November, 1952, or, where in the opinion of the Minister special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a local authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which commenced not less than three months before a day not later than the 6th day of April, 1953, determined by the local authority with the consent of the Minister.

(b) A pension which is payable by the Minister for Local Government by virtue of subsection (9) of section 5 of the Local Government Act, 1936 (No. 46 of 1936), or by virtue of section 70 (A) of the Dublin Corporation Act, 1890, and section 66 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, and which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1956.

Part IV.

A pension or allowance which was granted by a harbour authority and which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1956, being—

(i) a pension or allowance which was granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, or, where in the opinion of the Minister for Industry and Commerce special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a harbour authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which ended before a day not later than the 6th day of April, 1953, determined by the harbour authority with the consent of that Minister, or

(ii) a pension or allowance which was computed in whole or in part by reference to the average annual amount of pensionable remuneration over a period which commenced not less than three months before the 1st day of November, 1952, or, where in the opinion of the Minister for Industry and Commerce special circumstances existed in relation to any class or classes of officers or servants of a harbour authority and the pension or allowance is in relation to a member of that class or one of those classes, which commenced not less than three months before a day not later than the 6th day of April, 1953, determined by the harbour authority with the consent of that Minister.