HC Deb 09 January 1913 vol 46 cc1539-40

(1) Any pension granted on account of service in Ireland as a judge of the Supreme Court or of any Court consolidated into that Court, or as a county court judge, or as an Irish officer in an established capacity in the civil service of the Crown, or to any officer or constable of the Dublin Metropolitan Police or Royal Irish Constabulary, and payable at the time of the appointed day, or in the case of an officer or constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary at the date of transfer, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or the growing produce thereof, if charged on that fund at the time of the passing of this Act, and out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom if so paid at that time, and shall be made good by means of deductions from the Transferred Sum under this Act in accordance with regulations made by the Treasury.

(2) Any pension payable at the time of the passing of this Act and granted on account of service in Ireland as an Irish officer in the civil service of the Crown not serving in an established capacity or as a petty sessions clerk or officer in the registry of petty sessions clerks shall, if, and so far as the fund out of which it is payable at the time of the passing of this Act is by reason of anything done or omitted after the passing of this Act not available for its payment, be charged upon and paid out of the Irish Consolidated Fund.

Government Amendments made: In Subsection (1) leave out the words "at the time of"["and payable at the time of the appointed day"] and insert instead thereof the word"on."—[Mr. Birrell.]

In Sub-section (2) leave out the words "at the time of the passing of this Act" ["Any pension payable at the time of the passing of this Act"], and insert instead thereof the words "on the appointed day."—[Mr. Birrell.]