West Indies Act 1967

8 Retirement benefits and compensation for persons in public service

(1) In respect of any territory to which section 1 of -this Act applies, Her Majesty may by Order in Council made before the appointed day make provision for securing to or in respect of persons who—

(a) hold or have held office or employment in the public service of that territory, and

(b) are participants in any pension provision applicable to that office or employment,

such benefits by way of modification of or addition to that pension provision, or otherwise by way of compensation out of the public funds of that territory, as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate having regard to any arrangements made in that behalf between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of that territory.

(2) For the purposes of this section a person who is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court of the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands shall, in his capacity as such a judge, be taken to hold or have held office in the public service of a territory if, for the purposes of any pension provision having effect in that territory, he is in that capacity taken to be or have been in the service of that territory.

(3) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this section in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under the [1965 c. 38.] Overseas Development and Service Act 1965.

(4) In this section " pension provision" means any law, scheme or instrument whereby provision is made for the payment of pensions, and " participant", in relation to a pension provision, means a person to whom, or in respect of whom, a pension may become payable thereunder.