Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1951

3 Additional allowances.

3. Section four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “,at the date of commencement of this section, a person was in receipt of, or was” and inserting in their stead the words “a person is in receipt of, or is”.

4. After section four of the Principal Act the following section is added:—

Further allowances.

“5.—(1.) An allowance at the rate ascertained in accordance’ with sub-section (3.), (4.) or (5.), as the case requires, of this section is payable to a transferred officer or a person who receives a pension or retiring allowance of a periodical nature by virtue of section eighty-four of the Constitution, not being a pension or allowance at a rate exceeding Seven hundred and two pounds per annum.

“(2.) The allowance is payable under this section in addition to the allowance (if any) payable under the last preceding section.

“(3.) Where the sum of the amount of the pension or retiring allowance and the amount of the allowance payable under the last preceding section is at a rate which does not exceed Two hundred and sixty pounds per annum, the allowance is at the rate of one-fifth of that sum.

“(4.) Where the sum of the amount of the pension or retiring allowance and the amount of the allowance (if any) payable under the last preceding section is at a rate which exceeds Two hundred and sixty pounds per annum but does not exceed Six hundred and fifty pounds per annum, the allowance is at the rate of Fifty-two pounds per annum.

“(5.) Where the amount of the pension or retiring allowance is at a rate which exceeds Six hundred and fifty pounds per annum but is less than Seven hundred and two pounds per annum, the allowance is at such rate as will increase the amount of the pension or retiring allowance to a rate of Seven hundred and two pounds per annum.

“(6.) Allowances under this section are payable by the Commonwealth out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.”.