Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act 1865
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1865 c. 113 |
| Year | 1865 |
(28 & 29 Vict.) C A P. CXIII.
[5th July 1865]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that Retiring Pensions should be granted in certain Cases to Officers who have administered the Government of Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 Definition of ‘Colony.’
1. In this Act the Term ‘Colony’ includes any Plantation, Island, or other Possession within Her Majesty's Dominions, exclusive of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland , and of the Islands being immediate Dependencies thereof, and exclusive of India as defined by the Act of Parliament of 1858 ‘for the better Government of India .’
2 Full Rate of Pension as herein stated.
2. The full Rate of Pension herein-after referred to shall be as follows, that is to say:
In the Case of Officers who shall for at least Four Years have administered the Government of any Colony or Colonies in which the Salary of the Governor is not less than Five thousand Pounds, One thousand Pounds:
In the Case of Officers who shall for at least Four Years have administered the Government of any Colony or Colonies in which the Salary of the Governor is not less than Two thousand five hundred Pounds, Seven hundred and fifty Pounds:
In the Case of Officers who shall for at least Four Years have administered the Government of any Colony or Colonies in which the Salary of the Governor is not less than One thousand two hundred Pounds, Five hundred Pounds:
In other Cases, Two hundred and fifty Pounds.
3 Reduced Rate.
3. The reduced Rate of Pension herein-after referred to shall in all Cases be Two Thirds of the full Rate.
4 When full Rate may be granted.
4. One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State may, by Writing under his Hand, grant the full Rate of Pension to any Person who, being of the Age of Sixty, shall have administered the Government of any Colony or Colonies for Periods amounting in the whole to Eighteen Years, or who, being of the Age aforesaid, shall have administered such Government or Governments for Periods amounting in the whole to Ten Years, and shall have been employed in the whole, either in such Administration or in the permanent Civil Service of Her Majesty, for Periods amounting in the whole to Twenty-five Years, or to any Person who, having administered such Government or Governments for Periods amounting in the whole to Fifteen Years, shall have established, to the Satisfaction of such Secretary of State, that he is incapable, from Infirmity of Mind or Body contracted while administering his Government, of discharging the Duties of any Office in the Public Service, and that such Infirmity is likely to be permanent.
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