34.—(1) If a contributor shall be dismissed from overseas service after becoming entitled to the grant of a pension under regulation 23 or regulation 24, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Part, the Minister may—
(a)in the case of a contributor who was a member of the Corps of Specialists, grant a full or a reduced pension or withhold the grant of a pension;
(b)in the case of a contributor who was a person employed by the Minister on technical assistance terms, grant a full pension or a pension reduced by such amount as on the advice of the Government Actuary is attributable to such part of the contributions as shall have been paid by the Minister in pursuance of regulation 21, or reduced by part of such amount.
(2) For the purposes of the foregoing paragraph—
(a)references to a pension include references to a widow's pension and a children's pension, and
(b)without limiting the discretion of the Minister, that discretion shall extend to the granting of a full widow's pension or children's pension or a reduced widow's pension or children's pension, or any combination of any such pensions, notwithstanding that a reduced pension or no pension has been granted to the contributor.
(3) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as affecting any pension already granted under these Regulations to or in respect of a contributor prior to dismissal from overseas service.