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Uimhir 43 de 1959.
ACHT NA bPINSEAN (MÉADÚ), 1959.
[An tiontó oifigiúil.]
Léiriú.
1.— San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1950” Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1950;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1956” Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1956;
ciallaíonn “údarás cuain” údarás cuain de réir bhrí an Acht Cuanta, 1946;
ciallaíonn “údarás áitiúil” aon chomhlacht acu seo a leanas :
(a) údarás áitiúil chun críocha na nAcht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1925 go 1959,
(b) coiste gairm-oideachais,
(c) coiste talmhaíochta,
(d) coiste freastail scoile,
(e) Bord Ospidéal Fiabhrais Bhaile Átha Cliath,
(f) Sean-Bhord Ospidéal Fiabhrais Chorcaighe;
ciallaíonn “údarás ospidéil mheabhair-ghalar” údarás ospidéil mheabhair-ghalar de réir bhrí an Acht Cóireála Meabhair-Ghalar, 1945;
ciallaíonn “pinsean sceidealta” pinsean nó liúntas a shonraítear sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo agus, aon áit a bhfolaíonn an abairt tagairt do Chuid áirithe den Sceideal sin, ciallaíonn sí pinsean nó liúntas a shonraítear sa Chuid sin;
déanfar aon tagairt eile do phinsean a fhorléiriú, ach amháin mar a n-éilíonn an comhthéacs a mhalairt, mar thagairt a fholaíonn tagairt do liúntas.
(2) I gcás pinsean sceidealta, pinsean dá dtagraítear in alt 7 den Acht seo nó pinsean a shonraítear sa Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 a dhámhadh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, agus é do theacht i gcúrsa a íoctha, go hiomlán nó go páirteach lá dá éis sin, measfar, chun críocha an Achta seo, é a bheith i gcúrsa a íoctha an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, ach amháin i gcás dámhachtana i leith dhuine ar é do scor d'fhostaíocht is fostaíocht cheadaithe de réir bhrí ailt 4 den Superannuation Act, 1914.
(3) Aon phinsean a dheonaigh údarás áitiúil a bhfuil deireadh leis measfar, chun críocha an Achta seo, gurb é comharba an údaráis áitiúil sin a dheonaigh é.
(4) Chun críocha an Achta seo, ní áireofar i méid aon phinsin a íoctar go páirteach as airgead arna sholáthar ag an Oireachtas agus go páirteach as airgead faoi riaradh rialtais eile aon mhéadú is iníoctha as airgead faoi riaradh an rialtais eile, ach, i gcás den sórt sin, déanfar an méid a bheidh le cur leis an bpinsean de réir an Achta seo a laghdú méid is comhionann le haon mhéadú den sórt sin ach amháin i gcás ina mbeifear tar éis an méadú sin a chur i gcuntas de bhun mír (b) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 2 d'Acht 1950 nó mír (a) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 2 d'Acht 1956.
(5) Déanfar tagairt san Acht seo do mhéid pinsin a fhorléiriú, faoi réir fo-alt (4) den alt seo, mar thagairt do mhéid bliantúil an phinsin iomláin (lúide aon chuid a fhorghéillfear), cibé acu a bheidh an pinsean i gcúrsa a íoctha go hiomlán nó go páirteach nó nach mbeidh sé i gcúrsa a íoctha ar aon chor.
Acht 1956 a leasú.
2.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo fo-alt (4) d'alt 3 d'Acht 1956, le héifeacht amhail ar an agus ón lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, tríd na focail go léir i ndiaidh “ba mhó ná £500 sa bhliain” a scriosadh agus “déanfar an pinsean sceidealta (Cuid I), más lú é ná an pinsean dob iníoctha dá mbeadh gan feidhm a bheith ag an socrú sin, a mhéadú ar dtús de mhéid an easnaimh, sula méadófar é an méid is iomchuí de réir fo-alt (1) den alt seo” a chur ina n-ionad.
(2) Leasaítear leis seo fo-alt (4) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1956, le héifeacht amhail ar an agus ón lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, tríd na focail go léir i ndiaidh “ba mhó ná £500 sa bhliain” a scriosadh agus “déanfar an pinsean sceidealta (Cuid II), más lú é ná an pinsean dob iníoctha dá mbeadh gan feidhm a bheith ag an socrú sin, a mhéadú ar dtús de mhéid an easnaimh, sula méadófar é an méid is iomchuí de réir fo-alt (2) den alt seo” a chur ina n-ionad.
Pinsin sceidealta (Cuid I) agus pinsin áirithe a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 a mhéadú
3.—(1) Déanfar pinsean sceidealta (Cuid I) a mhéadú 6 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin.
(2) (a) Déanfar aon phinsean—
(i) a bhí i gcúrsa a íoctha go hiomlán nó go páirteach an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959,
(ii) is pinsean a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956,
(iii) nach pinsean sceidealta (Cuid I), agus
(iv) atá méadaithe den tsuim iomchuí de réir bhrí Acht 1956,
a mhéadú—
(I) 4 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin, nó
(II) den difríocht idir méid an phinsin agus an méid den phinsean sin dob iníoctha le, nó maidir le, duine comhchéime agus comhsheirbhíse ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lá iomchuí,
cibé acu is lú.
(b) Chun críocha fo-mhíre (II) de mhír (a) den fho-alt seo, déanfar an méid den phinsean sin dob iníoctha le, nó maidir le, duine comhchéime agus comhsheirbhíse ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lá iomchuí a ríomh, maidir le pinsean a shonraítear i gCuid I d'Acht 1956, nó cuid de arna áireamh de réir na meán-mhéide tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil a fuarthas thar tréimhse trí bliana, amhail is dá mbeadh na rátaí tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil, arb é an lá iomchuí a tosaíodh á n-íoc i gcéaduair, in éifeacht ar feadh na tréimhse trí bliana ar thairsti a ríomhfaí an meán-mhéid tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil i gcás duine chomhchéime agus chomhsheirbhíse ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lá iomchuí.
(3) I bhfo-alt (2) den alt seo—
déanfar an tagairt do dhuine comhchéime agus comhsheirbhíse, i gcás pinsin is iníoctha le, nó maidir le, duine ba chomhalta de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath agus ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís ann roimh thosach feidhme Acht Cónasctha na bhFórsaí Póilíneachta, 1925, a fhorléiriú mar thagairt do dhuine ba chomhalta comhchéime agus comhsheirbhíse den Gharda Síochána;
ciallaíonn “an lá iomchuí”—
(i) maidir le pinsean a shonraítear mír (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (o), (p) nó (q) de Chuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956—an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952,
(ii) maidir le pinsean a shonraítear i mír (j) nó (k) den Chuid sin—an 1ú lá d'Aibreán, 1953, agus
(iii) maidir le pinsean a shonraítear i mír (n) den Chuid sin—an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1953;
déanfar aon tagairt do thuarastal a fhorléiriú—
(a) i gcás ina ndéantar an pinsean iomchuí a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 nó cuid de a shonrú i mír (b) den Chuid sin, mar thagairt don scála-thuarastal, de réir bhrí Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta, 1934 go 1958, agus
(b) i gcás ina ndéantar an pinsean iomchuí a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 nó cuid de a shonrú i mír (c) den Chuid sin, mar thagairt don tuarastal caighdeánach lúide aon bhreisiú speisialta, de réir bhrí Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Meán-Mhúinteoirí, 1929 go 1956.
Pinsin sceidealta (Cuid II) a mhéadú.
4.—(1) (a) Déanfar pinsean sceidealta (Cuid II) (gan pinsean a shonraítear i mír (b) den fho alt seo a áireamh) a mhéadú 6 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin.
(b) An pinsean a eisctear ó mhír (a) den fho-alt seo is aon phinsean é a shonraítear i bhfo-mhír (ii) de mhír (a) de Chuid II den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo agus a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948, nó dá éis, agus nach—
(i) pinsean a méadaíodh de bhun fo-alt (3) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1956, nó
(ii) pinsean a méadaíodh den difríocht dá dtagraítear i bhfo-mhír (ii) de mhír (a) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1956 i gcás ina raibh méid an phinsin sin dob iníoctha i leith comhalta chomhchéime agus chomhsheirbhíse den Gharda Síochána ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, le ríomh faoi threoir fo-alt (3) den alt sin.
(2) (a) Déanfar pinsean sceidealta (Cuid II) nach méadaítear faoi fho-alt (1) den alt seo, ar i leith seirbhíse é a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, agus a méadaíodh, de bhun mír (a) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1956, den tsuim iomchuí a mhéadú—
(i) de 4 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin, nó
(ii) den difríocht idir méid an phinsin agus méid an phinsin sin dob iníoctha i leith comhalta chomhchéime agus chomhsheirbhíse den Gharda Síochána ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952,
cibé acu is lú.
(b) Chun críocha fo-mhíre (ii) de mhír (a) den fho-alt seo, déanfar méid an phinsin sin dob iníoctha i leith comhalta chomhchéime agus chomhsheirbhíse den Gharda Síochána ar chríochnaigh a sheirbhís an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, a ríomh, maidir le pinsean sceidealta (Cuid II) nó cuid de arna áireamh faoi threoir na meán-mhéide tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil a fuarthas thar tréimhse trí bliana, amhail is dá mbeadh na rátaí tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil, arb é an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, a tosaíodh á n-íoc i gcéaduair, in éifeacht ar feadh na tréimhse trí bliana a chríochnaigh an lá sin.
(3) (a) Aon phinsean sceidealta (Cuid II) a shonraítear i bhfomhír (ii) de mhír (a) de Chuid II den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo agus a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, ná dá éis, is lú, maidir le haon tréimhse dar tosach an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, nó lá dá éis sin, ná mar bheadh sé dá mba faoi Scála (i) a áiríodh é agus gur méadaíodh é ansin de réir fo-alt (1) den alt seo, méadófar é, maidir leis an tréimhse sin, de mhéid an easnaimh.
(b) I mír (a) den fho-alt seo ciallaíonn “Scála (i)”—
(i) maidir le gnáth-phinsean baintrí arna áireamh faoi Scála (ii) de mhír (a) de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, nó pinsean speisialta baintrí arna áireamh faoi Riail 7 sa mhír sin— Scála (i) sa mhír sin arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950 (I.R. Uimh. 154 de 1950), agus le hAcht 1956, agus
(ii) maidir le gnáth-phinsean baintrí arna áireamh faoi Scála (ii) i mír A de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 (R. & O.R., Uimh. 63 de 1925), nó pinsean speisialta baintrí arna áireamh faoi fho-mhír 2 den mhír sin—Scála (i) sa Chuid sin arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950, agus le hAcht 1956.
Pinsin sceidealta (Cuid III) a mhéadú.
5.—(1) Féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil a dheonaigh pinsean sceidealta (Cuid III) a shonraítear i mír (a) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo aon mhéadú amháin ar an bpinsean a dheonú, agus is é méadú a bheidh ann méadú de mhéid a cheadóidh an tAire nó méadú de réir cheadaithe a bhainfidh leis an bpinsean agus a bheidh tugtha ag an Aire i leith aicme pinsean den sórt sin.
(2) Má bhíonn duine míshásta mar gheall ar go ndiúltófar nó go mainneofar, i rith na tréimhse dhá mhí déag tar éis an tAcht seo a rith, méadú a dheonú faoi fho-alt (1) den alt seo, féadfaidh an duine sin, i gcás diúltaithe, tráth nach déanaí ná sé mhí tar éis an diúltaithe, nó, i gcás mainneachtana, tráth nach déanaí ná sé mhí tar éis an dá mhí déag sin a bheith caite, achomharc a dhéanamh chun an Aire i gcoinne an diúltaithe nó na mainneachtana.
(3) Má bhíonn duine míshásta mar gheall ar mhéadú a dheonófar faoi fho-alt (1) den alt seo, féadfaidh sé, tráth nach déanaí ná sé mhí tar éis an méadú a dheonú, achomharc a dhéanamh ina choinne chun an Aire.
(4) Nuair a dhéanfar achomharc faoin alt seo, féadfaidh an tAire diúltú don achomharc nó cibé socruithe a dhéanamh ba chóir, dar leis, don údarás áitiúil lena mbainfidh a dhéanamh, agus aon socruithe a dhéanfaidh an tAire amhlaidh beidh éifeacht acu amhail is dá mba é an t-údarás sin a rinne iad.
(5) Sna fo-ailt sin roimhe seo den alt seo agus i gCuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo, ciallaíonn “an tAire”—
(a) maidir le húdarás áitiúil, seachas údarás ospidéil mheabhair-ghalar, an tAire Rialtais Áitiúil, agus
(b) maidir le húdarás ospidéil mheabhar-ghalar, an tAire Sláinte.
(6) (a) An pinsean is iníoctha faoi alt 4 den Acht Gairmoideachais (Leasú), 1947, measfar, chun na gcríocha a luaitear anseo ina dhiaidh seo, gur pinsean é a dheonaigh an t-údarás íoca dá dtagraítear san alt sin.
(b) Is iad na críocha dá dtagraítear i mír (a) den fho-alt seo :
(i) críocha na bhfo-alt roimhe seo den alt seo agus míre (a) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo,
(ii) críocha ailt 6 d'Acht 1950 agus Coda IV den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht sin, agus
(iii) críocha ailt 5 d'Acht 1956 agus míre (a) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht sin.
(c) Nuair a bheifear ag forléiriú ailt 6 d'Acht 1950 agus ailt 5 d'Acht 1956 maidir leis an bpinsean is iníoctha faoi alt 4 den Acht Gairmoideachais (Leasú), 1947, déanfar aon tagairt do dhá mhí déag tar éis Acht 1950 nó Acht 1956 (de réir mar a bheidh) a rith a fhorléiriú mar thagairt do dhá mhí déag tar éis an tAcht seo a rith.
(7) Féadfaidh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúil aon mhéadú amháin ar phinsean a shonraítear i mír (b) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo a dheonú.
Pinsin sceidealta (Cuid IV) a mhéadú.
6.—(1) Féadfaidh an t-údarás cuain a dheonaigh pinsean sceidealta (Cuid IV) aon mhéadú amháin ar an bpinsean a dheonú laistigh de dhá mhí déag tar éis an tAcht seo a rith, agus is é a bheidh sa mhéadú méadú de mhéid a cheadóidh an tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta, nó a bheidh de réir cheadaithe a bhaineann leis an bpinsean agus a bheidh tugtha ag an Aire sin i leith aicme pinsean den sórt sin.
Forálacha speisialta do phinsin áirithe.
7.—(1) I gcás pinsean lena mbaineann an fo-alt seo—
(a) a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh an lá iomchuí nó dá éis,
(b) a ndearnadh é ar fad nó cuid de a ríomh faoi threoir na meánmhéide tuarastail bhliantúil nó meánráta an phá sheachtainiúil thar tréimhse a thosaigh lá nár ghiorra ná trí mhí roimh an lá iomchuí,
(c) a mhéadófaí faoi fho-alt (1) d'alt 3 den Acht seo dá gcríochnódh an tseirbhís roimh an lá iomchuí, agus
(d) is pinsean atá le méadú faoi fho-mhír (I) de mhír (a) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 3 den Acht seo,
beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha seo a leanas :
(i) méadófar an pinsean an dóú cuid déag de 6 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin in aghaidh gach tréimhse trí mhí roimh an lá iomchuí a bhí sa tréimhse dá dtagraítear i mír (b) den fho-alt seo, agus
(ii) déanfar an méadú 4 faoin gcéad ar mhéid an phinsin faoi fho-alt (2) d'alt 3 den Acht seo a laghdú de dhóú cuid déag in aghaidh gach tréimhse trí mhí den sórt sin.
(2) I bhfo-alt (1) den alt seo—
ciallaíonn “pinsean lena mbaineann an fo-alt seo”—
(a) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta, 1934 go 1958,
(b) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Meán-Mhúinteoirí, 1929 go 1956,
(c) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Orduithe Pinsean an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 go 1957, nó faoi Orduithe Pinsean Póilíneachta Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath, 1922 agus 1924, nó faoi na horduithe sin arna n-athrú leis na hOrduithe um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 go 1957,
(d) liúntas bliantúil a deonaíodh faoi na hAchtanna Aoisliúntas, 1834 go 1956,
(e) liúntas bliantúil speisialta a deonaíodh mar chúiteamh faoi alt 7 den Superannuation Act, 1859, nó faoi alt 6 den Superannuation Act, 1909, nó
(f) pinsean a dheonaigh sean-Chumann an Árachais Náisiúnta ar Shláinte faoi chomhshocraíochtaí a cheadaigh an Cumann sin;
ciallaíonn “an lá iomchuí”—
(a) i gcás inar pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta, 1934 go 1958, nó faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Meán-Mhúinteoirí, 1929 go 1956, an pinsean iomchuí—an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1950, agus
(b) in aon chás eile—an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948.
(3) I gcás inar pinsean a méadaíodh faoi fho-mhír (i) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 7 d'Acht 1956 an pinsean agus nach pinsean é atá le méadú faoi fhoráil eile den Acht seo, méadófar é—
(a) den dóú cuid déag de 4 faoin gcéad de mhéid an phinsin in aghaidh gach tréimhse trí mhí roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, a bhí sa tréimhse dá dtagraítear i mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 7 d'Acht 1956, nó
(b) den difríocht idir méid an phinsin agus an méid dob iníoctha dá ríomhtaí an pinsean faoi threoir meánmhéide tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil arna chinneadh amhail is dá mbeadh na rátaí tuarastail bhliantúil nó pá sheachtainiúil, arb é an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, a tosaíodh á n-íoc i gcéaduair, in éifeacht ar feadh na tréimhse go léir dá dtagraítear i mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 7 d'Acht 1956,
cibé acu is lú.
4) Déanfar aon tagairt san alt seo do thuarastal a fhorléiriú—
(a) i gcás inar pinsean faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta, 1934 go 1958, an pinsean iomchuí, mar thagairt don scála-thuarastal, de réir bhrí na Scéimeanna sin, agus
(b) i gcás inar pinsean faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Meán-Mhúinteoirí, 1929 go 1956, an pinsean iomchuí, mar thagairt don tuarastal caighdeánach lúide aon bhreisiú speisialta, de réir bhrí na Scéimeanna sin.
Tosú méadaithe.
8.—Ach amháin mar a fhoráiltear a mhalairt leis an Acht seo, beidh éifeacht ag méadú faoin Acht seo ón lá a thosaigh an pinsean (agus an lá sin a áireamh) nó an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, cibé lá acu is déanaí.
Méaduithe áirithe a dheonú.
9.—Is é a dheonfaidh méadú faoin Acht seo ar phinsean, nach pinsean sceidealta (Cuid III) ná pinsean sceidealta (Cuid IV)—
(a) i gcás pinsean a shonraítear i mír (a), (b) nó (c) i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo, a shonraítear i mír (a) nó (b) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 7 den Acht seo, nó a shonraítear i mír (a), (b) nó (c) den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, an tAire Oideachais,
(b) i gcás pinsean a shonraítear i mír (d) nó (e) de Chuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo nó i mír (a) de Chuid II den Sceideal sin, a shonraítear i mír (c) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 7 den Acht seo, nó a shonraítear i mír (d) nó (e) de Chuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 nó i mír (a) de Chuid II den Sceideal sin, an tAire Dlí agus Cirt,
(c) i gcás pinsean i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh sa Roinn Poist agus Telegrafa, a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo, a shonraítear i bhfo-alt (2) d'alt 7 den Acht seo, nó a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, an tAire Poist agus Telegrafa, agus
(d) in aon chás eile, an tAire Airgeadais.
Forálacha forlíontacha.
10.—(1) Faoi réir forálacha an Achta seo, gach foráil, is foráil a rinneadh le reacht nó faoi reacht agus ag a raibh feidhm maidir le pinsean a mhéadaítear faoin Acht seo sula ndearnadh an méadú sin, beidh feidhm aici maidir leis an bpinsean arna mhéadú amhlaidh, lena n-áirítear, go sonrach, gach foráil den sórt sin a bhaineann leis an gciste, leis an airgead nó leis an bhfoinse eile as a mbeidh an pinsean le híoc nó a bhaineann leis an modh ar a mbeidh costas an phinsin le hiompar nó le híoc nó ar a mbeidh ranníoc le déanamh ina leith.
(2) Aon fhoráil a rinneadh le nó faoi reacht agus a fhionraíonn nó a laghdaíonn pinsean is inmhéadaithe faoin Acht seo faoi threoir an tuarastail nó an luach saothair eile a fuarthas an tráth a scoireadh, beidh feidhm aici, le héifeacht ón lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959 (agus an lá sin a áireamh), maidir leis an bpinsean amhail is dá mbeadh an tuarastal sin nó an luach saothair eile sin arna mhéadú d'aon mhéadú nó méaduithe ar an bpinsean is iomchuí de réir an Achta seo, Acht 1956 agus Acht 1950.
(3) I gcás inar deonaíodh pinsean a shonraítear i mír (f) de Chuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo do dhuine agus fós pinsean eile is iníoctha as airgead arna sholáthar ag an Oireachtas, beidh éifeacht ag fo-airteagal (b) d'Airteagal 5 d'Ordú Pinsean Constablaíocht Ríoga na hÉireann (Fir d'Eirigh as agus Fir a Briseadh), 1924 (R. & O.R., Uimh. 9 de 1924), maidir leis fara cibé modhnuithe (más ann) ina fhabhar is cuí leis an Aire Airgeadais.
(4) I gcás ina raibh méadú ar phinsean sceidealta nó ar phinsean a shonraítear sa Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956 a deonaíodh de bhun forálacha an Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, an Acht Aoisliúntas, 1947, Acht an Gharda Shíochána (Pinsin), 1947, alt 79 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúil (Aoisliúntas), 1948, Acht 1950, nó Acht 1956 i gcúrsa a íoctha an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, is é méid an phinsin sin a fhéadfar a mhéadú faoin Acht seo an méid pinsin dob iníoctha amhail ar an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959.
(5) Chun críocha clásail (e) de mhír (II) de Riail I de na Rialacha atá sa Seachtú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, measfar gur íocaíocht shaorálach nó aisce méadú faoin Acht seo ar phinsean.
(6) Breithneoidh an tAire Airgeadais gach amhras, ceist nó díospóid a bheidh ann faoin Acht seo i dtaobh pinsin sceidealta (Cuid I), pinsin sceidealta (Cuid II), nó pinsin dá dtagraítear in alt 7 den Acht seo nó pinsin a shonraítear i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, agus is breith chríochnaitheach, dhochloíte a bhreith sin ar an gcéanna.
Srian ginearálta.
11.—Ní fhorléireofar aon ní san Acht seo mar ní a údaraíonn méadú—
(a) ar aon chúiteamh is iníoctha faoi Airteagal 10 de Chonradh 1921,
(b) ar aon liúntas nó íocaíocht nach pinsean sceidealta, pinsean dá dtagraítear in alt 7 den Acht seo ná pinsean a shonraítear sa Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, nó
(c) ar aon aisce.
Gearrtheideal.
12.—Féadfar Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1959, a ghairm den Acht seo.
AN SCEIDEAL.
Pinsin Sceidealta.
Cuid I.
Pinsean nó liúntas a bhí i gcúrsa a íoctha, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, agus ba—
(a) pinsean a deonaíodh faoin National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1879.
(b) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta, 1934 go 1958, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1950,
(c) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Scéimeanna Aoisliúntais na Meán-Mhuinteoirí, 1929 go 1956, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1950,
(d) pinsean nó liúntas a deonaíodh faoin Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1883, arna leasú leis an Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1908, an Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1914, an Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1916, an Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1918, agus an Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1919, agus nach pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Orduithe Pinsean Póilíneachta Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath, 1922 agus 1924, nó faoi na horduithe sin arna n-athrú leis na hOrduithe um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 go 1957, le, nó maidir le, duine a ndearnadh comhalta den fhórsa cónasctha de faoi Acht Cónasctha na
bhFórsaí Póilíneachta, 1925,
(e) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi na hOrduithe um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 go 1957, nó faoi Orduithe Pinsean Póilíneachta Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath, 1922 agus 1924, nó faoi na horduithe sin arna n-athrú leis na hOrduithe um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 go 1957, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948, agus nach pinsean a shonraítear sa mhír sin roimhe seo ná pinsean baintrí ná liúntas linbh,
(f) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Orduithe Pinsean Chonstáblaíocht Ríoga na hÉireann (Fir d'Eirigh as agus Fir a Briseadh), 1924, 1929, 1936 agus 1949, agus nach pinsean baintrí,
(g) liúntas bliantúil a deonaíodh faoi na hAchtanna Aoisliúntas, 1834 go 1956, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh—
(i) i gcás inar £350 nó níos lú sa bhliain an ráta luach saothair a íocadh aisti an 28ú lá de Bhealtaine, 1948—an 29ú lá de Bhealtaine, 1948, nó
(ii) in aon chás eile—an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948,
(h) liúntas bliantúil a deonaíodh faoi bharántas faoi alt 1 den Superannuation Act, 1887, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948,
(i) liúntas bliantúil speisialta a deonaíodh mar chúiteamh faoi alt 7 den Superannuation Act, 1859, nó faoi alt 6 den Superannuation Act, 1909, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948.
(j) pinsean a deonaíodh faoin Acht Cúirteanna Breithiúnais, 1924, an tAcht Cúirteanna Breithiúnais, 1936, agus an tAcht Cúirteanna Breithiúnais, 1947, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá d'Aibreán, 1947,
(k) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi Acht Socruithe na nGríobhthach, 1923,
(l) pinsean a deonaíodh faoin Acht um Chumhachta Feidhmiúcháin (Forála Iarmartacha), 1937,
(m) pinsean a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1949, do dhuine a bhí ar fostú ag Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Poiblí in Éirinn maidir le haireachasú nó caomhnadh a dhéanamh ar uisce-bhealach nó siltean na Sionna nó aon fho-abhann di nó ar oibreacha a rinneadh chun feabhas a chur ar an uisce-bhealach nó ar an siltean sin,
(n) pinsean a dheonaigh sean-Chumann an Árachais Náisiúnta ar Shláinte do dhuine faoi na comhshocraíochtaí aoisliúntais a cheadaigh an Cumann sin i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948,
(o) liúntas cúitimh is iníoctha faoin Acht um Chléireach Sheanad Éireann (Cúiteamh), 1939, nó
(p) pinsean a deonaíodh faoi alt 4 den Acht Oifigeach Cúirte, 1945, i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1948.
CUID II.
(a) (i) Pinsean baintrí a deonaíodh, cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é, faoi Scála (i) i mír (a) de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950 (R. & O.R., Uimh. 154 de 1950), nó faoi Scála (i) i Mír A de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925 (R. & O.R., Uimh. 63 de 1925), arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950.
(ii) Gnáth-phinsean baintrí a deonaíodh, cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é, faoi Scála (ii) i mír (a) i gCuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922 nó faoi Scála (ii) i Mír A de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925, nó pinsean speisialta baintrí arna ríomh faoi riail 7 i mír (a) de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950, nó faoi fho-mhír 2 de Mhír A de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1925, arna leasú leis an Ordú um Pinsin an Gharda Shíochána, 1950.
(b) Pinsean baintrí a deonaíodh, cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é, faoi Orduithe Pinsean Chonstáblaíocht Ríoga na hÉireann (Fir d'Eirigh as agus Fir a Briseadh), 1924, 1929, 1936 agus 1949.
(c) Pinsean baintrí nó liúntas linbh a deonaíodh, cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é, faoi na hAchtanna um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 go 1952.
CUID III.
(a) Pinsean nó liúntas a dheonaigh údarás áitiúil agus a bhí i gcúrsa a íoctha, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, agus—
(i) ar pinsean nó liúntas é a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, nó, i gcás ar dóigh leis an Aire imthosca speisialta a bheith ann maidir le haon aicme nó aicmí áirithe oifigeach nó seirbhíseach d'údarás áitiúil agus gur pinsean nó liúntas é maidir le comhalta den aicme sin nó de cheann de na haicmí sin, a chríochnaigh roimh an lá a chinn an t-údarás áitiúil de bhun fo-mhír (1) de mhír (a) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, nó
(ii) ar pinsean nó liúntas é a ríomhadh, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, faoi threoir na meánmhéide luach saothair bhliantiúil inphinsin thar tréimhse a thosaigh trí mhí ar a laghad roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, nó i gcás ar dóigh leis an Aire imthosca speisialta a bheith ann maidir le haon aicme nó aicmí áirithe oifigeach nó seirbhíseach d'údarás áitiúil agus gur pinsean nó liúntas é maidir le comhalta den aicme sin nó de cheann de na haicmí sin, a thosaigh trí mhí ar a laghad roimh an lá a chinn an t-údarás áitiúil de bhun fo-mhír (ii) de mhír (a) de Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956.
(b) Pinsean is iníoctha ag an Aire Rialtais Áitiúil de bhua fo-alt (9) d'alt 5 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1936, nó de bhua alt 70 (A) den Dublin Corporation Act, 1890, agus alt 66 den Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, agus a bhí i gcúrsa a íoctha, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959.
CUID IV.
Pinsean nó liúntas a dheonaigh údarás cuain agus a bhí i gcúrsa a íoctha, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1959, agus—
(i) ar pinsean nó liúntas é a deonaíodh i leith seirbhíse a chríochnaigh roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, nó, i gcás ar dóigh leis an Aire Iompair agus Cumhachta imthosca speisialta a bheith ann maidir le haon aicme nó aicmí áirithe oifigeach nó seirbhíseach d'údarás cuain agus gur pinsean nó liúntas é maidir le comhalta den aicme sin nó de cheann de na haicmí sin, a chríochnaigh roimh an lá a chinn an t-údarás cuain de bhun mír (i) de Chuid IV den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956, nó
(ii) ar pinsean nó liúntas é a ríomhadh, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, faoi threoir na meánmhéide luach saothair bhliantúil inphinsin thar tréimhse a thosaigh trí mhí ar a laghad roimh an lú lá de Shamhain, 1952, nó, i gcás ar dóigh leis an Aire Iompair agus Cumhachta imthosca speisialta a bheith ann maidir le haon aicme nó aicmí áirithe oifigeach nó seirbhíseach d'údarás cuain agus gur pinsean nó liúntas é maidir le comhalta den aicme sin nó de cheann de na haicmí sin, a thosaigh trí mhí ar a laghad roimh an lá a chinn an t-údarás cuain de bhun mír (ii) de Chuid IV den Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1956.
Uimh. | Gearr-Theideal | Teideal | Leathanach |
1. (Príobháideach) | Acht Daingnithe Ordaithe Shealadaigh Rialtais Áitiúil, 1959. | Acht do dhaingniú an Ordaithe um Buirg Loch Garman (Teorainn a Athrú), 1959. | 1180 |
Number 43 of 1959.
PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACT, 1959.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Scheduled Pensions.
Part I.
Acts Referred to | |
1950, No. 3 | |
1956, No. 44 | |
1946, No. 9 | |
1945, No. 19 | |
1925, No. 7 | |
1947, No. 1 | |
1947, No. 29 | |
1947, No. 41 | |
1948, No. 4 | |
1952, No. 11 | |
1924, No. 10 | |
1936, No. 48 | |
1947, No. 20 | |
1923, No. 5 | |
1937, No. 20 | |
1939, No. 16 | |
1945, No. 25 | |
1936, No. 46 | |
Number 43 of 1959.
PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACT, 1959.
Interpretation.
1.—(1) In this Act—
“the Act of 1950” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950;
“the Act of 1956” means the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956;
“harbour authority” means a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946;
“local authority” means any of the following bodies :
(a) a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1959,
(b) a vocational education committee,
(c) a committee of agriculture,
(d) a school attendance committee,
(e) the Dublin Fever Hospital Board,
(f) the former Cork Fever Hospital Board ;
“mental hospital authority” means a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 ;
“scheduled pension” means a pension or allowance specified in the Schedule to this Act and, where the expression comprises a reference to a particular Part of that Schedule, means a pension or allowance specified in that Part ;
any other reference to a pension shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to an allowance.
(2) Where a scheduled pension, a pension referred to in section 7 of this Act or a pension specified in the Schedule to the Act of 1956 was awarded in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of August, 1959, and comes in course of payment in whole or in part on a subsequent day, it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been in course of payment on the 1st day of August, 1959, except in the case of an award in respect of a person on his retirement from employment which is approved employment within the meaning of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1914.
(3) A pension granted by a local authority which has ceased to exist shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been granted by the successor of that local authority.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, the amount of a pension which is paid partly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas and partly out of moneys administered by another government shall not include any increase payable out of moneys administered by the other government, but, in such a case, the amount to be added in accordance with this Act shall be reduced by the amount of any such increase except where that increase has been taken into account pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1950 or paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1956.
(5) A reference in this Act to the amount of a pension shall, subject to subsection (4) of this section, be construed as a reference to the annual amount of the full pension (less any part surrendered), whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all.
Amendments of the Act of 1956.
2.—(1) Subsection (4) of section 3 of the Act of 1956 is hereby amended, with effect as on and from the 1st day of August, 1959, by the deletion of all words after “in excess of£500 per annum” and the substitution therefor of “the scheduled (Part I) pension shall, in case it is less than the pension that would have been payable if that arrangement had not applied, first be increased by the deficiency, before it is increased by the amount appropriate in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.”
(2) Subsection (4) of section 4 of the Act of 1956 is hereby amended, with effect as on and from the 1st day of August, 1959, by the deletion of all words after “in excess of£500 per annum” and the substitution therefor of “the scheduled (Part II) pension shall, in ease it is less than the pension that would have been payable if that arrangement had not applied, first be increased by the deficiency, before it is increased by the amount appropriate in accordance with subsection (2) of this section”.
Increase of scheduled (Part I) pensions and certain pensions specified in Part I of Schedule to Act of 1956.
3.—(1) A Scheduled (Part I) pension shall be increased by 6 per cent. of the amount of the pension.
(2) (a) A pension—
(i) which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1959,
(ii) which is a pension specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956,
(iii) which is not a scheduled (Part I) pension, and
(iv) which has been increased by the appropriate sum, within the meaning of the Act of 1956,
shall be increased by—
(I) 4 per cent. of the amount of the pension, or
(II) the difference between the amount of the pension and the amount of such pension as would be payable to or in respect of a person of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the relevant day,
whichever is the less.
(b) For the purposes of subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the amount of such pension as would be payable to or in respect of a person of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the relevant day shall, in relation to a pension specified in Part I of the Act of 1956 or part thereof calculated by reference to the average annual amount of salary or weekly pay received over a period of three years, be computed as if the rates of annual salary or weekly pay which first commenced to be paid on the relevant day had been in effect for the period of three years over which the average annual amount of salary or weekly pay would have been computed in the case of a person of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the relevant day.
(3) In subsection (2) of this section—
the reference to a person of equivalent status and service shall, in the case of a pension payable to or in respect of a person who was a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and whose service therein ended before the commencement of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925, be construed as a reference to a person who was a member of the Garda Síochána of equivalent status and service;
“relevant day” means—
(i) in relation to a pension specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (o), (p) or (q) of Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956—the 1st day of November, 1952,
(ii) in relation to a pension specified in paragraph (j) or (k) of that Part—the 1st day of April, 1953, and
(iii) in relation to a pension specified in paragraph (n) of that Part—the 1st day of January, 1953;
any reference to salary shall be construed—
(a) where the relevant pension specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956 or part thereof is specified in paragraph (b) of that Part, as a reference to the scale salary, within the meaning of the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958, and
(b) where the relevant pension specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956 or part thereof is specified in paragraph (c) of that Part, as a reference to the standard salary less any special increment, within the meaning of the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956.
Increase of scheduled (Part II) pensions.
4.—(1) (a) A scheduled (Part II) pension (excepting a pension specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection) shall be increased by 6 per cent. of the amount of the pension,
(b) The pension excepted from paragraph (a) of this subsection is any pension specified in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of Part II of the Schedule to this Act which was granted in respect of service which ended on or after the 1st day of November, 1948, and which is not—
(i) a pension increased pursuant to subsection (3) of section 4 of the Act of 1956, or
(ii) a pension increased by the difference referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1956 in a case in which the amount of such pension as would be payable in respect of a member of the Garda Síochána of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the 1st day of November, 1952, fell to be calculated by reference to subsection (3) of that section.
(2) (a) A scheduled (Part II) pension which is not increased under subsection (1) of this section, which is in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1952, and which, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1956, was increased by the appropriate sum shall be increased by—
(i) 4 per cent, of the amount of the pension, or
(ii) the difference between the amount of the pension and the amount of such pension as would be payable in respect of a member of the Garda Síochána of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the 1st day of November, 1952,
whichever is the less.
(b) For the purposes of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the amount of such pension as would be payable in respect of a member of the Garda Síochána of equivalent status and service whose service ended on the 1st day of November, 1952, shall, in relation to a scheduled (Part II) pension or part thereof calculated by reference to the average annual amount of salary or weekly pay received over a period of three years, be computed as if the rates 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 three years ending on that day.
(3) (a) Where a scheduled (Part II) pension specified in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of Part II of the Schedule to this Act which was granted in respect of service which ended on or after the 1st day of November, 1952, is, as respects any period beginning on or after the 1st day of August, 1959, less than it would have been if it had been calculated under Scale (i) and had then been increased in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, it shall be increased, as regards that period, by the amount of the deficiency.
(b) In paragraph (a) of this subsection “Scale (i)” means—
(i) in relation to a widow's ordinary pension calculated under Scale (ii) of paragraph (a) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, or a widow's special pension calculated under rule 7 of that paragraph—Scale (i) in that paragraph as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950, (S.I. No. 154 of 1950), and the Act of 1956, and
(ii) in relation to a widow's ordinary pension calculated under Scale (ii) in paragraph A of Part II of the First Schedule to the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1925 (S.R. & O., No. 63 of 1925), or a widow's special pension calculated under sub-paragraph 2 of that paragraph—Scale (i) in that Part as amended by the Garda Síochána Pensions Order, 1950, and the Act of 1956.
Increase of Scheduled (Part III) pensions.
5.—(1) The local authority who granted a pension specified in paragraph (a) of 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 other than a mental hospital authority, the Minister for Local Government, and
(b) in relation to a mental hospital authority, the Minister for Health.
(6) (a) The pension payable under section 4 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947, shall, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, be deemed to be a pension granted by the paying authority referred to in that section.
(b) The purposes referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection are :
(i) the purposes of the foregoing subsections of this section and of paragraph (a) of Part III of the Schedule to this Act,
(ii) the purposes of section 6 of the Act of 1950 and of Part IV of the Schedule to that Act, and
(iii) the purposes of section 5 of the Act of 1956 and of paragraph (a) of Part III of the Schedule to that Act,
(c) In construing section 6 of the Act of 1950 and section 5 of the Act of 1956 in relation to the pension payable under section 4 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947, any reference to twelve months after the passing of the Act of 1950 or the Act of 1956 (as the case may be) shall be construed as a reference to twelve months after the passing of this Act.
(7) The Minister for Local Government may grant one increase (and no more) of a pension specified in paragraph (b) of Part III of the Schedule to this Act.
Increase of scheduled (Part IV) pensions.
6.—The harbour authority who granted a scheduled (Part IV) pension may, within twelve months after the passing of this Act, 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 for Transport and Power, or is in accordance with an approval which is applicable to the pension and which has been given by that Minister in respect of a class of such pensions.
Special provisions for certain pensions.
7.—(1) Where a pension to which this subsection applies—
(a) was granted in respect of service which ended on or after the relevant day,
(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 not less than three months before the relevant day,
(c) would have been increased under subsection (1) of section 3 of this Act if the service had ended before the relevant day, and
(d) is a pension to be increased under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 3 of this Act,
the following provisions shall have effect :
(i) the pension shall be increased by one-twelfth of 6 per cent. of the amount of the pension in respect of every period of three months before the relevant day included in the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, and
(ii) the increase of 4 per cent. in the amount of the pension under subsection (2) of section 3 of this Act shall be reduced by one-twelfth in respect of every such period of three months.
(2) In subsection (1) of this section—
“pension to which this subsection applies” means—
(a) a pension granted under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958,
(b) a pension granted under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956,
(c) a pension granted under the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957, or the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Orders, 1922 and 1924, or those orders as varied by the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957,
(d) an annual allowance granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1956,
(e) 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, or
(f) a pension granted by the former National Health Insurance Society to a person under the superannuation arrangements approved of by that Society;
“relevant day” means—
(a) in case the relevant pension is a pension granted under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958, or the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956—the 1st day of January, 1950, and
(b) in any other case—the 1st day of November, 1948.
(3) Where a pension is a pension which was increased under subparagraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act of 1956 and is not a pension to be increased under any other provision of this Act, it shall be increased by—
(a) one-twelfth of 4 per cent. of the amount of the pension 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 subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act of 1956, or
(b) 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 rates 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 subsection (1) of section 7 of the Act of 1956,
whichever is the less.
(4) Any reference in this section to salary shall be construed—
(a) where the relevant pension is a pension under the National School Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1934 to 1958, 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.
Commencement of increase.
8.—An increase under this Act shall, save as otherwise provided by this Act, have effect from (and inclusive of) the day of the commencement of the pension or the 1st day of August, 1959, whichever is the later.
Grant of certain increases.
9.—An increase under this Act of a pension, not being a scheduled (Part III) pension or a scheduled (Part IV) pension, shall be granted by—
(a) in the case of a pension specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act, or specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the Schedule to the Act of 1956, the Minister for Education,
(b) in the case of a pension specified in paragraph (d) or (e) of Part I of the Schedule to this Act or in paragraph (a) of Part II of that Schedule, specified in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act, or specified in paragraph (d) or (e) of Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956 or in paragraph (a) of Part II of that Schedule, the Minister for Justice,
(c) in the case of a pension in respect of service which ended in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, specified in subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act, or specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, and
(d) in any other case, the Minister for Finance.
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) Any provision made by or under statute and effecting suspension or abatement of a pension increasable under this Act by reference to the salary or other remuneration received at the time of retirement shall, with effect from (and inclusive of) the 1st day of August, 1959, apply in relation to the pension as if such salary or other remuneration were increased by any increase or increases of the pension appropriate in accordance with this Act, the Act of 1956 and the Act of 1950.
(3) 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.
(4) Where an increase in a scheduled pension or pension specified in the Schedule to the Act of 1956 granted pursuant to the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, the Superannuation Act, 1947, the Garda Síochána (Pensions) Act, 1947, section 79 of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948, the Act of 1950 or the Act of 1956 was in course of payment on the 1st day of August, 1959, 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, 1959.
(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, 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, pension referred to in section 7 of this Act or pension specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act of 1956 shall be decided by the Minister for Finance, whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
General restriction.
11.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorising an increase in—
(a) any compensation payable under Article 10 of the Treaty of 1921,
(b) any allowance or payment not being a scheduled pension, a pension referred to in section 7 of this Act or a pension specified in the Schedule to the Act of 1956, or
(c) any gratuity.
Short title.
12.—This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959.
SCHEDULE.
Scheduled Pensions.
Part I.
A pension or allowance which was in course of payment in whole or in part on the 1st day of August, 1959, 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 1958, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of January, 1950,
(c) a pension granted under the Secondary Teachers' Superannuation Schemes, 1929 to 1956, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of January, 1950,
(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, 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 1957, to or in respect of a person who became a member of the amalgamated force under the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925,
(e) a pension granted under the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957, or the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Orders, 1922 and 1924, or those orders as varied by the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, 1925 to 1957, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1948, 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 1956, in respect of service which ended before—
(i) in case it was remunerated at the rate of £350 a year or less on the 28th day of May, 1948—the 29th day of May, 1948, or
(ii) in any other case—the 1st day of November, 1948,
(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, 1948,
(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, 1948,
(j) a pension granted under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, the Courts of Justice Act, 1936, and the Courts of Justice Act, 1947, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of April, 1947,
(k) a pension granted under the Griffith Settlement Act, 1923,
(l) a pension granted under the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937,
(m) a pension granted in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of January, 1949, 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,
(n) a pension granted by the former National Health Insurance Society to a person under the superannuation arrangements approved of by that Society in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1948,
(o) a compensation allowance payable under the Clerk of Seanad Éireann (Compensation) Act, 1939, or
(p) a pension granted under section 4 of the Court Officers Act, 1945, in respect of service which ended before the 1st day of November, 1948.
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) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, or under Scale (ii) in Paragraph A of 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 of 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, 1959, 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 the day determined by the local authority pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of Part III of the Schedule to the Act of 1956, 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 the day determined by the local authority pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of Part III of the Schedule to the Act of 1956.
(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, 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, 1959.
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, 1959, 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 Transport and Power 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 the day determined by the harbour authority pursuant to paragraph (i) of Part IV of the Schedule to the Act of 1956, 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 Transport and Power 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 the day determined by the harbour authority pursuant to paragraph (ii) of Part IV of the Schedule to the Act of 1956.