An Act to amend the designation of the Assessor of Railways and Canals in Scotland and the law relating to the appointment of the said assessor and the provision of superannuation allowances for the said assessor and the clerks and other officers employed by him.
[22nd June 1934]
Be 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 :—
The right of appointing to and removing from the office of Assessor of Railways and Canals in Scotland, constituted in terms of section twenty of the [17 & 18 Vict. c. 91.] Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act, 1854, shall be transferred to and vested in the Secretary of State, and such assessor shall he designated and known as the Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland).
There may be granted to the Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland) (hereinafter referred to as the assessor) and the clerks or other officers whom he may be allowed to employ such superannuation allowances and gratuities, and to their legal personal representatives or dependants such gratuities, as the Secretary of State may determine:
Provided that the Secretary of State shall so far as may be exercise his powers under this section as if the Acts and rules for the time being governing the grant of superannuation allowances and gratuities in His Majesty's Civil Service applied to the assessor and the clerks and other officers aforesaid.
All superannuation allowances and gratuities to be granted under the provisions of this Act and any superannuation allowance granted under the [60 & 61 Vict. c. 12.] Railway Assessors (Scotland) Superannuation Act, 1897, shall be levied and collected along with and in the same manner as the remuneration or salary of the assessor and his clerks and other officers, as prescribed in section twenty-nine of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act, 1854.
The Railway Assessors (Scotland) Superannuation Act, 1897, is hereby repealed.
This Act may be cited as the Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland) Act, 1934.