Regulation 21 Calculation of supplement on pensions of dependants of certain officers who served in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

(1)

This regulation applies where an officer served under the government of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) or Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) and subsequently served under the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and where a dependant of the officer receives—

(a)

a pension in respect of contributions made in relation to the officer’s service under the government of Zambia or Malawi;

(b)

a pension in respect of the officer’s service under the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; and

(c)

a special pension paid out of the Central African Pension Fund to compensate for the difference between the combined rate of the pensions mentioned above and the rate of pension which the dependant might have received had the officer died immediately before he transferred to service under the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

(2)

For the purpose of calculating supplement the pensions mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and (c) shall be aggregated and (subject to paragraph (3)) deemed a single contributory derivative pension in respect of contributions made in relation to the officer’s service under the government of Zambia or Malawi, and in relation to that deemed pension the period of contributory service under the government of Zambia or Malawi shall be treated as extending up to and including the date when the officer ceased to serve under the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; but—

(a)

for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 5, only those dates specified in paragraph 5 of that Schedule which occurred before the officer began to serve under the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland shall be taken into account; and

(b)

for the purposes of regulation 17 and Schedule 6, only those relevant dates which occurred before the officer began to serve under the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland shall be taken into account.

(3)

Notwithstanding that paragraph (2) provides for the pensions mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and (c) to be deemed a single contributory derivative pension, the provisions of regulation 22 shall apply to those pensions as separate pensions and accordingly—

(a)

the increasable rate of the deemed pension shall be the aggregate of the increasable rates of each pension converted into sterling at the rate of exchange appropriate to each pension; and

(b)

the overseas increases on each pension shall be converted into sterling at the rate of exchange appropriate to that pension.

(4)

Supplement in respect of the pension mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) shall be calculated normally.