Parliamentary Retiring Allowances (Increases) Act 1967
3Increases in rates of certain pensions
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3 Increases in rates of certain pensions
(1) A person:
(a) who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1955; or
(b) who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1959 and in relation to whom, or, in the case of a person to whom pension was payable as a widow, in relation to whose deceased husband, section 18 of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1964‑1966 applied,
is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with the following table:
| Weekly amount of pension | Weekly amount of increase in pension |
|---|---|
| $ | $ |
| 30.00 | 18.16 |
| 33.00 | 23.89 |
| 36.00 | 21.79 |
| 42.00 | 21.79 |
(2) Where a male person the rate of whose pension is increased under the last preceding subsection dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 19 of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1955 or of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1959, as the case may be, shall be at the rate of Forty‑eight dollars sixteen cents a week.