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Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services.By the (English) Succession to the Crown Act, 1707, (6 Anne, c. 7) (c. 41 in the Revised Statutes), and 1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 56, no person having a pension under the Crown during pleasure, or for any term of years, is capable of being elected or sitting in the House of Commons.Old Age Pension.--The (English) Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, which was not on a contributory basis, gave to every person the right to a pension who fulfilled certain conditions. The Act, with the amending (English) Old Age Pensions Acts, 1911, 1919 and 1924, has been repealed by the (English) Consolidating Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8, c. 31). These conditions are contained in s. 2 of the Act of 1936, as follows:-2. The statutory conditions for the receipt of an old age pension by any person are--(1)The person must have attained the age of seventy, or in the case of a blind person, the age of fifty.(2)The p...
Pensions, Ministry of
Pensions, Ministry of. Established by the (English) Ministry of Pensions Act, 1916, to take over the powers and duties of (a) the Admiralty with respect to the pensions and grants to persons who have served in H.M. naval forces and their dependants, other than service pensions, so far as the pensions and grants are payable out of moneys provided by Parliament and not provided exclusively for Greenwich Hospital; (b) the Commissioners for the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea with respect to the grant and administration of disability pensions and grants other than in-pensions; (c) the Army Council and the Secretary of State for War with respect to the pensions and grants to persons who have served in any of H.M. military forces and their dependants, and to persons who have served in the nursing service of these forces, other than service pensions. The Minister may sit in the House of Commons. See also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Pension.'...
Pensioner
Pensioner, the expression 'pensioner' is generally understood in contra-distinction to the one in service. Those who render after service retire on superannuation and are in receipt of pension are 'pensioners'. They constitute a homogenour class; for the purpose of pension benefit they cannot be discriminated from other pensioners, D.S. Nakara v. Union of India, (1983) 1 SCC 305: AIR 1983 SC 130 (133).1. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a dependant; he who receives an annuity from Government without filling any office.2. A band of gentlemen who attend as a guard on the royal person. It was instituted in 1539; each gentleman has an allowance of 150l. per annum, and two horses. This band is now called the Honourable Body of Gentlemen-at-Arms.3. A member of a college at Cambridge who is not on the foundation....
Money due or to become due on account of pension
Money due or to become due on account of pension, The words money due or to become due on account of pension' occurring in s. 11 of the Pensions Act, 1871 includes the commuted portion of the pension payable to an employee after his retirement, Union of India v. Wing Commander R.R. Hingorani (Retd), AIR 1987 SC 808 (814): (1987) 1 SCC 551. [Pensions Act, (23 of 1891), s. 11]...
Political Offices Pensions Act, 1869
Political Offices Pensions Act, 1869 (English) (32 & 33 Vict. c. 60), not applicable to any person in the Civil Service of the Crown, but only to persons who have held political offices. There are three classes named in the Act, and no pension can be granted in any class while four pensions in that class are subsisting, nor may more than one pension under the Act be granted in the same year. A pension is only granted in the absence of adequate private income....
Pensioner member
Pensioner member, is defined as meaning a person 'who, in respect of his pensionable service under the scheme, is entitled to the present payment of pension or other benefits, Bus Employees Pension Trustees Ltd. v. Harrod, (1999) 3 WLR 1244: (2000) LR 258 Ch....
Occupation pension scheme
Occupation pension scheme, means any scheme or arrangement which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and which has, or is capable of having effect in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employments so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable or termination of service or on death or retirement, to or in respect of earners with qualifying service in an employment of any such description or category, Bus Employees Pension Trustees Ltd. v. Hamod, (1999) 3 WLR 1244....
Occupational pension scheme
Occupational pension scheme, means any scheme or arrangement which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and which has, or is capable of having, effect in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employments so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable on termination of service, or on death or retirement, to or in respect of earners with qualifying services in an employment of any such description or category. [Pension Scheme Act, 1993 (C. 48), s. 1]...
simplified employee pension
simplified employee pension : a pension that is funded by employer contributions or through a salary reduction arrangement and that places fewer administrative burdens on the employer than do other plans and allows employer deduction of contributions and employee withdrawal at any time called also SEP ...
pensionable
Entitled to receive a pension as a pensionable employee...
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