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S.I. No. 91/1945 - Superannuation Act, 1887 (Section 1) Warrant, 1945.

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the powers conferred on me by Section 1

the Superannuation Act, 1887 (as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 356) Order, 1945 (S. R. & O. No. 53

1945)) and by section 5

the Superannuation Act, 1909, and

every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do by this Warrant order as follows :— 1 Short title.

  1. This Warrant may be cited as the Superannuation Act, 1887 (Section 1) Warrant,
  2. 2 Application

Interpretation Act, 1937 . 2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38

1937), applies to this Warrant. 3 Definitions. 3.—

(1)In this Warrant— Act

1887. the expression " the Act

1887 " means the Superannuation Act, 1887, as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 356) Order, 1945 (S. R. & O. No. 53

1945) ; emoluments. the word " emoluments " means emoluments which, if the recipient were an established

ficer, would in the calculation

any award which could be granted to him under Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1942, be taken into account by the Minister and to the extent to which they would be so taken into account ; Minister. the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Finance ; pension. the word " pension " means any superannuation or retiring or annual compensation allowance granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1942 ; salary and emoluments. the expression " salary and emoluments " means annual salary and emoluments ; workman. the word " workman " means a workman within the meaning

the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (No. 9

1934), who— (

  1. a)is injured in the State, or (
  2. b)is injured outside the State in circumstances in which compensation is payable in respect

such injury under the said Act or under any Act relating to workmen's compensation for the time being in force in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle

Man.

(2)A person to whom, by virtue

section 12

the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8

1931), a pension may be granted shall be deemed to be an established

ficer for the purposes

this Warrant. 4 Persons to whom this Warrant applies. 4.—

(1)This Warrant applies to any person (not being a workman) employed in the Civil Service who, without his own default, is, on or after the 3rd day

September, 1939,— (a) injured in the actual discharge

his duties by some injury specifically attributable to the nature

his duties, or (b) injured while, in the actual discharge

his duties, carried, pursuant to

ficial instructions or with

ficial permission, in any aircraft.

(2)This Warrant also applies to any person employed in the Civil Service (not being a workman) who, without his own default, is, on or after the 3rd day

September, 1939, injured by some injury specifically attributable to belligerent action while, pursuant to

ficial instructions, stationed in, or visiting, or travelling to, or from, any area in any State engaged as a belligerent in the present war. 5 Annual allowance to person to whom this Warrant applies by virtue

Article 4(1).

5. Subject to this Warrant, any person to whom, by virtue

paragraph

(1)

Article 4

hereof, this Warrant applies and who retires by reason

his injury may be granted,— (a) in case he is an unestablished

ficer or an established

ficer who is not eligible for a pension in respect

his service, an annual allowance, according to the degree

impairment

his capacity to contribute to his support, not exceeding the proportion, specified in the Table to this Article,

his salary and emoluments at the date

his injury ; (b) in case he is an established

ficer who is eligible for a pension in respect

his service, an annual allowance, according to the degree

impairment

his capacity to contribute to his support, not exceeding the proportion specified in the said Table

the difference between— (i) his salary and emoluments at the date

the injury, and (ii) the amount

any pension, including the annuity value (calculated in such manner as the Minister directs)

any additional allowance granted to him under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1942, in respect

his service. Degree

impairment Proportion

salary and emoluments, or

difference between salary and emoluments and pension Slightly impaired One eighth. Impaired One quarter. Materially impaired Three eighths. Totally destroyed One half. 6 Annual allowance to person to whom this Warrant applies by virtue

Article 4(2).

(1)Subject to this Warrant, any person to whom, by virtue

paragraph

(2)

Article 4

hereof, this Warrant applies and who retires by reason

his injury and who is an established

ficer may be granted whichever

the following is the greater— (a) an annual allowance under Article 5

this Warrant, (b) an annual allowance, according to the degree

impairment

his capacity to contribute to his support, not exceeding the proportion, specified in the Table to this paragraph,

his salary and emoluments at the date

his injury, with the addition, in case he is not otherwise qualified for a pension,

one one-sixtieth

such salary and emoluments for each completed year

his service. TABLE TO ARTICLE 6

(1)Degree

impairment Proportion

salary and emoluments Slightly impaired Six sixtieths. Impaired Twelve sixtieths. Materially impaired Eighteen sixtieths. Totally destroyed Twenty-four sixtieths.

(2)Subject to this Warrant, any person to whom, by virtue

paragraph

(2)

Article 4

hereof, this Warrant applies and who retires by reason

his injury and who is an unestablished

ficer may be granted— (a) in case his capacity to contribute towards his support is totally destroyed, whichever

the following is the greater— (i) an annual allowance under Article 5

this Warrant, (ii) an annual allowance not exceeding fifteen sixtieths

his salary and emoluments at the date

such injury, with the addition

one one-sixtieth

such salary and emoluments for each completed year

his service, (b) in any other case, an annual allowance under Article 5

this Warrant.

(3)In this Article the word " service " means— (a) in relation to an unestablished

ficer, service which would be reckoned for the purposes

section 4

the Act

1887, and (b) in relation to an established

ficer, service in an established capacity together with any service in an unestablished capacity which, in the case

an unestablished

ficer, would be reckoned for the purposes

the said section 4. 7 Provisions in relation to annual allowances. 7.—

(1)Where a person to whom this Warrant applies retires wholly or partly on account

age or infirmity, but his capacity to contribute to his support is, in the opinion

the Minister, impaired by reason

his injury, the Minister may make such award as he thinks reasonable.

(2)If, for the purpose

assessing the amount

any allowance to any person to whom this Warrant applies, the degree

permanent impairment

his capacity to contribute to his support is in doubt, the Minister may make a provisional award to have effect until such time as the degree

permanent impairment can be finally determined.

(3)Where any person to whom this Warrant applies is unable to follow his employment by reason

his injury, but there is doubt whether or not he will retire by reason thereof, the Minister, in any case in which the person either is not eligible for sick pay or is eligible for sick pay at a rate which is less than the rate

annual allowance which might be awarded to him under this Warrant if he retires by reason

his injury, may grant to him such provisional allowance as the Minister thinks reasonable.

(4)(a) An annual allowance granted to any person to whom this Warrant applies shall not, together with any superannuation allowance for which he is otherwise qualified, exceed five-sixths

his salary and emoluments at the date

the injury in respect

which such annual allowance is payable. (b) In this paragraph the expression " superannuation allowance " includes an annual compensation or retiring allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1942, and the annuity value (calculated in such manner as the Minister may direct)

any additional allowance under those Acts. 8 Awards to widows, children, etc.

deceased persons to whom this Warrant applies. 8.—

(1)If any person to whom this Warrant applies dies within seven years

the date

his injury and as a direct result thereof, the Minister may, subject to this Article, pay— (a) to his widow (if she was married to him at the date

his injury), so long as she remains unmarried and

good character, (b) to his mother, if wholly dependent upon him for her support at the date

his death, (c) in respect

each

his children who, in the case

legitimate children, were born not later than nine months after the date

his injury and, in the case

stepchildren, illegitimate children or children in relation to whom he was in loco parentis at the date

his injury, were wholly or mainly dependent upon him at the date

his injury for support, an annual allowance, payable as on and from the day after the date

the death

the deceased or, in the case

a posthumous child, from the date

its birth, not exceeding, as the case may be, the proportion, calculated in accordance with the Table to this paragraph,

the salary and emoluments

the deceased at the date

his injury. TABLE TO ARTICLE 8

(1). Relations Proportion

salary and emoluments The widow One-third. Each child, where the deceased leaves a widow to whom an award is granted One-eighteenth. Each child, where deceased does not leave a widow to whom an award is granted One-ninth. The dependent mother, where the deceased leaves a widow, but no children One-eighteenth. The dependent mother, where the deceased leaves a child or children but no widow One-ninth. The dependent mother, where the deceased leaves neither a widow nor any children. One-third.

(2)The allowance under paragraph
(1)

this Article in respect

a child shall be payable until the child attains the age

sixteen years and so long thereafter, up to the age

twenty-one years, as the child remains as a student at school or at a university.

(3)Where in respect

the death

any person— (a) an allowance has been granted under paragraph

(1)

this Article to the widow

that person, and (b) an allowance has also been granted under the said paragraph

(1)in respect

any child, and (c) the widow dies during the continuance

the allowance in respect

that child, the allowance in respect

that child shall, as from the date

the death

the widow, be payable at a rate double the rate at which, but for this paragraph, it would have been payable.

(4)Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraphs
(1)or
(3)

this Article, the aggregate

the allowances payable under paragraph

(1)

this Article in respect

the children

a person shall not exceed one-third

the salary and emoluments

that person at the date

the injury.

(5)Nothing in this Article shall permit

the grant

an allowance in respect

the step-child or illegitimate child

a person or in respect

a child in relation to whom a person was in loco parentis at the date

his injury at a higher rate than one one-eighteenth

the salary and emolumentsof that person at the date

his injury, unless the Minister in may particular case otherwise directs. 9 Awards under this Warrant to be in addition (except in certain cases) to allowances under Superannuation Acts. 9.—

(1)Subject to paragraph
(2)

this Article, any award under this Warrant to a person or to his widow or dependants shall be in addition to any allowance or gratuity for which such person, his legal personal representatives or his dependants may be eligible under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1942.

(2)Where an annual allowance granted to any person under Article 6

this Warrant is calculated in part by reference to the number

years

his service, the part so calculated shall be in lieu

any gratuity under section 6

the Superannuation Act, 1859, or section 4

the Act

1887, or any lump sum under subsection

(2)

section 1

the Superannuation Act, 1909. 10 Application

Warrant to married women civil servants who die as the result

injuries. 10. In the application

this Warrant to a woman employed in the Civil Service, references to a widow or her husband shall be construed as references to a widower or his wife, subject to the provision that nothing in this Warrant shall permit the grant

an award to a widower or to children in the case where the deceased leaves a widower unless such widower was at the date

her death permanently incapacitated and dependent on the deceased. 11 Cesser

other Warrants under section 1

the Act

1887 to persons to whom this Warrant applies. 11. The provisions

any Warrants made under Section 1

the Act

1887 and in force immediately before the making

this Warrant shall cease to apply to any person to whom this Warrant applies. GIVEN under my

ficial Seal, this 4th day

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