55Discretion of Council

55 Discretion of Council

55.1 When a pension ceases to be payable to or in respect of a person by virtue of section 54, the Council may, in its discretion, authorise the payment to the person who was in receipt of the pension of an allowance at a rate per annum not exceeding the rate per annum of the pension at the time of cessation.

55.2 When a person to whom an allowance is being paid under subsection 55.1 dies leaving a widow, widower or child who would, if the person had died while in receipt of a pension under this Statute, have been entitled to be paid a pension under this Statute, the Council may, in its absolute discretion, authorise the payment to the widow or widower, or to a person on behalf of the child, as the case may be, of an allowance at a rate per annum not exceeding the rate per annum of the pension that the widow, widower or child, as the case may be, would have been entitled to be paid.

55.3 The Council may cancel an allowance under this section at any time.