HC Deb 08 November 1920 vol 134 cc942-3

(2) (d) The retiring officer or constable must show to the satisfaction of the Lord Lieutenant that he is not incapacitated for the performance of his duties by mental or bodily infirmity and will not be entitled to retire on the maximum pension for length of service under the enactments aforesaid before the expiration of two years from the date of transfer.

5. In the event of an officer or constable dying after an annual allowance has been awarded to him under this Schedule, the Lord Lieutenant may, if he thinks fit, grant an annuity to the widow and children of the constable in like manner as if the allowance were a pension granted to the constable on retirement.

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

I beg to move, at the end of paragraph (2, d), to insert a new paragraph— 3. In the exercise of his powers under this Schedule the Lord Lieutenant shall act in accordance with instructions from His Majesty. The object of this Amendment is to make it quite clear that the Lord Lieutenant is to act on the instructions of the United Kingdom Government in exercising the powers under the Sixth Schedule. The Sixth Schedule relates to the compensation of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police. This Amendment makes it quite clear that he is not acting on behalf of either of the subsidiary Parliaments, but is acting on behalf of the United Kingdom Government.

Amendment agreed to.

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

I beg to move, in paragraph 5, to leave out the words "an annuity" and to insert instead thereof the words "a pension or gratuities."

This is the first of what are practically drafting Amendments. Under the existing law a pension may be granted to the widow of a pensioned constable or gratuities may be granted to the widow or children of a pensioned constable in certain circumstances. The first Amendment corrects the phraseology of the rule by substituting the words "a pension or gratuities or annuity."

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendments made: In paragraph 5, after the word "the" ["children of the constable"], insert the words "officer or"; after the word "the" ["granted to the constable"] insert the words "officer or."

Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Bill (as amended on Re-committal) reported.

Bill, as amended (in Committee, and on Re-committal), considered.

The following New Clause stood on the Order Paper in the name of Sir L. Worthington-Evans: