Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1912
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1912 c. 12 |
| Year | 1912 |
Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1912
(2 & 3 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 12.
An Act to amend the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898, as originally enacted and as applied by any other Act.
[7th August 1912]
B E it enacted by the King'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 Alteration of rates of contribution and benefits.
(1) The rate of contribution under the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the principal Act’), shall be fixed, in the case of a man, at three pounds twelve shillings and in the case of a woman at two pounds eight shillings a year, and accordingly in paragraph (b ) of subsection (2) of section one of the principal Act the words ‘three pounds twelve shillings’ and ‘two pounds eight shillings’ shall be substituted respectively for the words ‘three pounds’ and ‘two pounds,’ and in the same subsection the words ‘or at such increased rate as may for the time being be fixed by the Treasury in accordance with this Act,’ and subsections (3) and (4) (which authorise the Treasury to vary the rate of contribution) shall be repealed.
(2) Paragraph (d of section one and paragraph (a of section five of the principal Act (which relate to the amount of superannuation allowances) shall, in their application to persons who attained the age of sixty-five years on or after the first day of April nineteen hundred and twelve, or who may hereafter attain that age, have effect, and be deemed as from the said date to have had effect, as if for the words ‘ten shillings’ there were substituted the words ‘one pound.’
(3) Subsection (1) of section two of the principal Act (which relates to the amount of disablement allowances) shall, in its application to persons who have applied for a disablement allowance on or after the first day of April nineteen hundred and twelve, or who may hereafter apply for such an allowance, have effect and be deemed as from the said date to have had effect as if for the words ‘one pound’ there were substituted the words ‘one pound ten shillings’ and for the words ‘thirteen shillings and fourpence’ there were substituted the words ‘one pound.’
2 Supplemental provisions as to annuities and...
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