SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Corresponding minor amendments to other pensions enactments

Part III Amendments of Northern Ireland Provisions

Dependent children: maximum allowable remuneration

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1

In subsection (1)(c)(ii) of each of the following enactments (which give the meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”), that is to say—

a

section 9 of the 1951 Act,

b

section 125 of the 1959 Act,

c

section 7 of the 1960 Act,

for the words from “do not exceed” to “a year” there shall be substituted the words “ do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration ”.

2

In paragraph 1(c)(ii) of Article 9 of the 1964 Order (which gives the meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”), for the words from “do not exceed” to “a year” there shall be substituted the words “ do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration ”.

3

The subsection set out in sub-paragraph (4) below shall be inserted—

a

numbered as subsection (2A), after subsection (2) of section 9 of the 1951 Act;

b

numbered as subsection (2A), after subsection (2) of section 125 of the 1959 Act;

c

numbered as subsection (4A), after subsection (4) of section 7 of the 1960 Act.

4

The subsection inserted by sub-paragraph (3) above is as follows—

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For the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii), the “maximum allowable remuneration” at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—

a

first awarded under the principal civil service pension scheme (within the meaning of that Act) on 1st June 1972, and

b

increased from time to time by the amount of increase that would be applied under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to such a pension,

would (as so increased) be payable at that time, rounding any resulting fraction of £1 up to the next whole £1.

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A paragraph in the same terms as the subsection set out in sub-paragraph (4) above, but with the substitution of the word “ paragraph ” for the word “subsection”, shall be inserted, numbered as paragraph (2A), after paragraph (2) of Article 9 of the 1964 Order.

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Paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the M1Superannuation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (orders increasing the earnings limit in subsection (1)(c)(ii) of each of the sections specified in sub-paragraph (1) above) shall cease to have effect.