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Article 26 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

  • “beneficiary” means the person in whose favour an allocation is made;

  • “closing date” has the meaning assigned to it by Rule 16(3) of these Rules;

  • “the Department” means, in relation to any person, the Department in which he is serving or, as the case may be, in which he last served before his retirement;

  • “lodged with the Department” means—

    1. (a)

      in the case of a person who, not being the head officer or sole officer, is serving at or attached to an office or establishment away from the headquarters of a Department, lodged with the head officer, or, if he is absent, the person acting as the head officer of such office or establishment; and

    2. (b)

      in any other case, lodged with the head of the Department at the headquarters of the Department;

  • “make an allocation” means surrender a part of a pension under these Rules ;

  • “notional graduated retirement benefit” means, in relation to any person, the amount of the minimum rate of equivalent pension benefits applicable, under the provisions of Part II of the National Insurance Act 1959 as amended from time to time, in respect of so much of the period of service in respect of which that person's pension is payable as is service in a non-participating employment within the meaning of section 7(2) of that Act;

  • “Option Tables” means the tables prepared by the Government Actuary under section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1935 and section 33 of the Superannuation Act 1949 and for the time being in force;

  • “pension” means an annual pension and, in relation to a person eligible to make an allocation under these Rules; means an annual superannuation, compensation or retiring allowance under the Superannuation Acts;

  • “the Superannuation Acts” means the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1965 and any Act amending those Acts.

(2)

For the purposes of the references in these Rules to the beginning of the period in respect of which a pension is payable or to the first day in respect of which a pension is payable, any suspension of a pension under section 20 of the Superannuation Act 1834 (re-employment of persons in receipt of pensions) shall be disregarded.

(3)

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if these Rules and the Rules hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.