Local Government Service Pensions (Special Provisions)

Local Government Service Pensions (Special Provisions) AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT, WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT, OF INCREASED PENSIONS TO CERTAIN MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE. Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Local Government Service Pensions (Special Provisions) Act, No. 59 of 1961. Increase in pensions granted under the Local Government Service Pension Scheme Regulations, 1952. Cap. 264. 2. The pensions which are granted under the provisions of the Local Government Service Pension Scheme Regulations, 1952, made under sections 53 (1) (a) and 67 of the Local Government Service Ordinance, and published in Gazette No. 10,429 of July 30, 1952, to members of the Service who have retired after April 1, 1946, but on or before April 1, 1955, shall, with effect from October 1, 1957, be increased in the manner set out in the Schedule hereto. Increase in pensions to be deemed to be granted under the Local Government Service Pension Scheme. 3. The increase in pensions enacted by the last preceding section shall be deemed to be granted under the Local Government Service Pension Scheme established by virtue of the provisions of the Local Government Service Pension Scheme Regulations, 1952, referred to in the last preceding section, and the provisions of Part IV of the Local Government Service Ordinance shall accordingly apply in respect of such increase in pensions. Increase in pensions granted under section 58 of Chapter 264. 4. The pensions which are granted under the provisions of section 58 of the Local Government Service Ordinance to members of the Service who have retired after April 1, 1946, but on or before April 1, 1955, shall, with effect from October 1, 1957, be increased in the manner set out in the Schedule hereto. Increase in pensions to be deemed to be granted under section 58 of Chapter 264. 5. The increase in pensions enacted by the last preceding section shall be deemed to be granted under the provisions of section 58 of the Local Government Service Ordinance and the provisions of sections 59 and 60 of that Ordinance shall accordingly apply in respect of such increase in pensions. Interpretation 6. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- ” the Local Government Service ” or ” the Service ” means the Local Government Service constituted by section 15 of the Local Government Service Ordinance ; ” member” or ” member of the Service” means a person holding any post specified or described in the First Schedule to the Local Government Service Ordinance.