The Superannuation (Approved Employment) Rules 1949

8.—(1) If—

(a) an officer ceases to be employed in approved employment in such circumstances that he is not qualified for the grant of a superannuation allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1914 and 1935, and will not become qualified therefor on attaining a particular age, or

(b) when an officer ceases to be employed in approved employment it appears that he has had no wife throughout the period for which Part I of the Act applied to him

any of the periodical contributions made by him under section seven of the Act may be returned to him and no reduction under Part I of the Act shall be made in the amount of his allowance or gratuity.

(2) If an officer ceases to be employed in approved employment in such circumstances that he is not qualified for the grant of a superannuation allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1914 and 1935, and will not become qualified therefor on attaining a particular age, any of the periodical contributions made by him under section twenty of the Act while he was a civil servant may be returned to him and no reduction under Part II of the Act shall be made in the amount of his allowance or gratuity.

(3) The provisions of the two foregoing paragraphs of this Rule shall not apply in the case of an officer who, after ceasing to be employed in approved employment, becomes employed as a civil servant.

(4) Where any contributions are returned under this Rule they may be returned with compound interest at such rate or rates as the Treasury may from time to time determine.