Paragraph 2

Subject to paragraphs 3 to 7, and to paragraph 6 of Schedule 6, the 1971 rate to be used in the application of section 6 of the Act to a contributory derivative pension to which that section is applicable shall be—

(a)

if the contributions of the officer in respect of whose service under the government of an overseas territory the pension is payable began before 16th August 1920, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables I to VII;

(b)

if such contributions began after 15th August 1920 but before the date specified in column 2 in relation to the relevant territory, or in the cases of The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone column 3, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables II to VII;

(c)

if such contributions began on or after the date specified in column 2 in relation to the relevant territory but before the date specified in column 3, except in the cases of The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone where this sub-paragraph shall not apply, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables III to VII;

(d)

if such contributions began on or after the date specified in column 3 in relation to the relevant territory but before the date specified in column 4, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables IV to VII;

(e)

if such contributions began on or after the date specified in column 4 in relation to the relevant territory but before the date specified in column 5, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables V to VII;

(f)

if such contributions began on or after the date specified in column 5 in relation to the relevant territory but before the date specified in column 6, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Tables VI and VII;

(g)

if such contributions began on or after the date specified in column 6 in relation to the relevant territory, the increasable rate of the pension as increased under Table VII.