The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963 No. 2085

SCHEDULE II PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE

PART III TERMINAL BENEFITS FOR PERSONS IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO ARE NOT TRANSFERRED TO THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF A TERRITORY

Additional abolition of office pension or gratuity for established Prison officers

8.—(1) An established Prison officer referred to in paragraph 7 who—

(a) is a Nyasaland officer; or

(b) has not rejected or has not indicated that he will not accept an offer of employment on pensionable conditions of service by the Government of his home Territory; or

(c) whether or not he has rejected or indicated that he will not accept an offer of employment on pensionable conditions of service by the Government of his home Territory, has accepted an offer of service on contract with the Government of Nyasaland to commence immediately after the date of the termination of his services;

shall, in addition to his earned pension, be entitled to an abolition of office pension or, if he has elected under paragraph 7 to be paid an earned gratuity plus a refund of his pension contributions, an abolition of office gratuity, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph.

(2) The additional abolition of office pension or gratuity referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be—

(a) in the case of a Northern Prison officer, a pension equal to—

(i) one-third of his earned pension under paragraph 7; or

(ii) the amount, if any, by which his earned pension under paragraph 7 is less than two-thirds of his pensionable emoluments on the date of the termination of his services; or

(iii) the pension which he would earn under the Prisons Regulations for a period of pensionable service from the date of the termination of his services to the date when he would attain the age of sixty-five years;

whichever is the least;

(b) in the case of a Prison officer who is not a Northern Prison officer, a pension or gratuity, as the case may be, equal to one-third of his earned pension or gratuity, as the case may be, under paragraph 7:

Provided that, if the aggregate of the additional abolition of office pension or gratuity and the earned pension or gratuity exceeds a pension or gratuity, as the case may be, calculated in respect of a period of pensionable service of 420 months or more, the additional abolition of office pension or gratuity shall be reduced by the amount of the excess.