JUDICIAL PENSIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 - SECT 10 Children's pension: rate and mode of payment.

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JUDICIAL PENSIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 - SECT 10

Children's pension: rate and mode of payment.

10.(1) Only one children's pension shall be granted in respect of the service
of any one person, but

(a)the rate thereof may vary according to the number of persons for whose
benefit it can for the time being enure; and

(b)it shall be paid to such person or persons as the Ministry of Finance may
from time to time direct, and different parts thereof may be directed to be
paid to different persons; and

(c)the person to whom all or any part thereof is paid shall apply the sum paid
to him, without distinction, for the benefit of all the persons for whose
benefit the pension can for the time being enure or for the benefit of such of
them as the Ministry of Finance from time to time directs.

(2) Where the deceased leaves no widow and, if he leaves a widow, after her
death, the annual amount of a children's pension

(a)while the persons for whose benefit it can enure are three or more in
number, may amount to one-third of the annual amount of the personal pension;

(b)while the said persons are two in number, may amount to one-quarter of the
annual amount of the personal pension;

(c)while there is only one such person, may amount to one-sixth of the annual
amount of the personal pension.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the succeeding sub-section, where the
deceased leaves a widow, the annual amount of a children's pension during her
life

(a)while the persons for whose benefit it can enure are four or more in
number, may amount to one-third of the annual amount of the personal pension;

(b)while the said persons are three in number, may amount to one-quarter of
the annual amount of the personal pension;

(c)while the said persons are two in number, may amount to one-sixth of the
annual amount of the personal pension;

(d)while there is only one such person, may amount to one-twelfth of the
annual amount of the personal pension.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section,
where the deceased leaves a widow who remarries, no children's pension shall
be payable as respects any period when she has a husband unless the Ministry
of Finance specially directs that such a pension shall be so payable, but, if
the Ministry of Finance does specially so direct, it may, if it thinks fit,
further direct that sub-section (2) of this section shall apply as respects
any such period notwithstanding that the widow is alive.

Contribution towards cost of widow's and children's pension.

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JUDICIAL PENSIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 - SECT 10