Compensation payable to non-pensionable officer on reaching normal retiring age
26.—(1) Where a person who is not a pensionable officer is receiving long-term compensation for loss of employment and attains normal retiring age, the Secretary of State shall, if satisfied that the person would, but for the loss, have continued in the employment he has lost for a substantial period beyond that age, continue to pay compensation to him for the remainder of his life at half its former rate.
(2) Where a person who is not a pensionable officer suffers loss of employment on or after attaining normal retiring age, the Secretary of State shall, if satisfied that the person would in the normal course have continued in the employment he has lost for a further substantial period, pay compensation to him for the remainder of his life at half the rate to which he would have been entitled under regulation 13 had he not attained normal retiring age at the date on which he lost his employment.