Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1973
8Pension rights for former Director, &c.
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8 Pension rights for former Director, &c.
(1) [Section 8 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:14 May 1999] [Section 8 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 1986, s. 10 ][Section 8 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 91 of 1999, s. 7, Applied:15 Dec 1999] This section applies only to the person who was the Director on 1 July 1999.
(1A) [Section 8 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 91 of 1999, s. 7, Applied:15 Dec 1999] Subject to this section, the Judges' Contributory Pensions Act 1968 applies to the Director and, if he predeceases his spouse, his widow as if he were, or had been, a judge to whom that Act applies and as if his service as Director were service as such a judge.
(2) [Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 91 of 1999, s. 7, Applied:15 Dec 1999] [Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:14 May 1999] *[Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 1985, s. 4 and Sched. 2 ][Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 42 of 1986, s. 10 ][Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 35 of 1989, s. 4 ]*In its application to the Director and to his widow–
(a) . . . . . . . .
(b) [Section 8 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:14 May 1999] subsection (2) of section 5 of the Judges' Contributory Pensions Act 1968 has effect as if the reference therein to the appropriate judicial salary were a reference to the salary payable to the Director at the time of his or her retirement or death; and
(c) section 7 of that Act has effect as if subsection (3) were omitted and the following subsection were substituted: