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S.I. No. 175/1979 - Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 1979.

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  1. CIVIL SERVICE WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S EX GRATIA PENSION (AMENDMENT) SCHEME,
  2. I, RAY MacSHARRY, Minister

State at the Department

the Public Service, in exercise

the powers conferred on me by section 2

the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976 (No. 22

1976), and the Public Service (Delegation

Ministerial Functions) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 117

1978 ), hereby make the following scheme: 1.

(1)This Scheme may be cited as the Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 1979.
(2)The Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension Scheme, 1977 ( S.I. No. 133

1977 ), and this Scheme may be cited together as the Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension Schemes, 1977 and 1979. 2. This Scheme shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day

January,

  1. The Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension Scheme, 1977, is hereby amended by— ( a ) the substitution

"child or step-child

the deceased or a person lawfully adopted by the deceased" for "or lawfully adopted person" in the definition

"child" in Article 3

(1); ( b ) the substitution

the following subparagraphs for subparagraph (b)

Article 6

(4): "( b ) During the period beginning on the 1st day

July, 1977, and ending on the 30th day

June, 1979, the rate

a widow's pension may not exceed one-third

the rate

the deceased's pension. ( c ) On and from the 1st day

July, 1979, the rate

a widow's pension may not exceed five-twelfths

the deceased's pension."; ( c ) the addition

the following sub-paragraph to Article 7

(1): "(d) because he is the step-child

the deceased, if the deceased's marriage to the child's mother took place after the deceased's last day

reckonable service."; ( d ) the substitution

the following paragraph for paragraph

(2)

Article 7: "

(2)A child shall not be eligible for a children's pension in respect

more than one member. Where a child would, apart from this paragraph, be eligible for a children's pension in respect

two or more members, the child shall be treated under this Scheme in the way which, in the opinion

the Minister, will give the most favourable overall result for the child."; ( e ) the substitution

"During the period beginning on the 1st day

July, 1977, and ending on the 30th day

June, 1979" for "As on and from the 1st day

July, 1977" in paragraph (b)

Article 8

(4); ( f ) the addition

the following subparagraph to Article 8

(4): "( c ) On and from the 1st day

July, 1979, the rate

a children's pension under this Scheme may not exceed— (i) where the deceased leaves no widow, or, if he leaves a widow and the widow dies, after her death, ten thirty-sixths

the deceased's pension for the first child plus five thirty-sixths for a second child, (ii) subject to paragraph

(5)

this Article, where the deceased leaves a widow, five thirty-sixths

the deceased's pension for the first child plus five thirty-sixths for each additional child up to a second additional child."; ( g ) the substitution

(4)(
  1. b)(
  2. i)and
(4)(c) (i)" for "and
(4)(b) (i)" in Article 8
(5)(a); and ( h ) the substitution in Article 8
(5)(b)

— (i) ",

(4)(
  1. b)(
  2. i)or
(4)(c) (i)"for "or
(4)(
  1. b)(i)", and (
  2. ii)the following clauses for clause (ii): ''(
  3. ii)during the period beginning on the 1st day

July 1977, and ending on the 30th day

June, 1979, one-third

the rate

the deceased's pension, (iii) on and from the 1st day

July, 1979, five-twelfths

the said last-mentioned rate.". GIVEN under my hand this 17th day

May, 1979. RAY MacSHARRY, Minister

State at the Department

the Public Service. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This scheme amends the Civil Service Widows' and Children's Ex Gratia Pension Scheme, 1977 ( S.I. No. 133

1977 ) to enable the payment in advance

the rate

pension payable to a widow in respect

the first month

widowhood and to allow the payment

children's pensions in respect

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