Local Government (Compensation) Regulations 1948

19.  If the claimant had attained the age of forty years at the date on which he lost his employment, the compensating authority in calculating the amount of the compensation payable to him under paragraph 11 or 12 of this schedule may credit him with additional years of service or additional contributions not exceeding one year of service or one year's contributions for each completed year between the date on which he attained the age of forty years and the date on which he lost his employment, but not in any case exceeding ten years or such number of years as the claimant could have served had he continued in his employment until attaining normal retiring age, whichever is the less.