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PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 15

Interpretation.

15.(1) For the purposes of this Act

"basic rate" means the annual rate of a pension apart from any increase under
or by reference to this Act or any enactment repealed by this Act, or any
corresponding increase made otherwise than under or by reference to this Act
or an enactment repealed by it [but including any increase in the said annual
rate in consequence of the Pensions (Increase) (Northern Ireland) Order 1974];

"derivative pension" and "principal pension" mean, respectively, a pension
which is not, and one which is, payable in respect of the pensioner's own
services;

"designated body" has the meaning given by section 8 of the Local Government
(Superannuation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950;

"earnings-related pension" means a pension computed by reference to a rate of
emoluments (whether actual emoluments or not and whether final or average
emoluments), or payable at alternative rates one of which is so computed, and
includes a derivative pension computed by reference to the rate of an
earnings-related pension;

"flat rate" means a rate fixed otherwise than by reference to a rate of
emoluments or to the rate of another pension, and "flat-rate pension" means a
pension payable at a flat rate only, but includes a derivative pension
computed by reference to the rate of a flat-rate pension;

"local authority" has the meaning given by section 8 of the Local Government
(Superannuation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950;

"local government service" means service under any local authority and any
service which, by virtue of the Local Government Staffs (War Service) Act
(Northern Ireland) 1939, is for superannuation purposes treated as service
under a local authority; and includes any such service notwithstanding that
the local authority concerned have ceased to exist;

"pension" has the meaning given by section 8, "official pension" that given by
section 5(1), and "pension authority" that given by section 7(1), and the time
when a pension "begins" is that stated in section 8(2);

"qualifying condition" means one of the conditions laid down by section 3;

"substituted pension" means a pension granted in consideration of the
surrender of the whole or part of another pension ("the original pension");

["widow's pension" means a pension payable in respect of the services of the
pensioner's deceased husband.]

(2) References in this Act to an enactment include an enactment in an Act
(whether public general or local) of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or the
Parliament of the United Kingdom and a provisional order confirmed by such an
Act.


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