13Rate of invalidity pension payable on re‑classification

13 Rate of invalidity pension payable on re‑classification

(1) Where, on or after 1 July 1973, a person to whom pension is payable under section 52 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 and who is entitled to an increase in the rate of his pension under this Part is reclassified under section 53 of that Act, the rate at which pension is payable to him on and after the date (in this section referred to as the re‑classification date) from which the re‑classification has effect is the rate at which pension would have been payable to him upon the date that is the relevant date in relation to the re‑classification date if he had been so re‑classified with effect from 30 June last preceding the relevant date. (2) In this section, a reference to the relevant date, in relation to the date from which the re‑classification of a person under section 53 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 has effect, shall be read as a reference: (a) if the re‑classification has effect from a date occurring during the year commencing on 1 July 1973—to 1 July 1973; (b) if the re‑classification has effect from a date occurring during the year commencing 1 July 1974—to 1 July 1974; or (c) if the re‑classification has effect from 1 July 1975 or a later date—to 1 July 1975.