Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Extension
WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ PENSIONS
EXTENSION ACT
CHAPTER 23:55
LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Act
25 of 1974
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Note on Subsidiary Legislation
This Chapter contains no subsidiary legislation.
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WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ PENSIONS
EXTENSION ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Widows and orphans of deceased pensionable officers entitled to
pensions.
4. Officers employed by Statutory Boards to be given option.
5. Procedure where officers exercise right to elect.
6. Procedure where officer who elects to continue making contributions
is not accepted as a contributor.
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CHAPTER 23:55
WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ PENSIONS
EXTENSION ACT
An Act to extend the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act to
officers of certain specified Statutory Boards.
[2ND SEPTEMBER 1974]
1. This Act may be cited as the Widows’ and Orphans’
Pensions Extension Act.
2. In this Act—
“Committee” means the Public Service Widows’ and Orphans’
Pensions Committee established under section 4 of the
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act;
“pensionable officer” or “officer” means the holder of an office
in a Statutory Board specified in the Schedule to the Pensions
Extension Act;
“Scheme” means the Public Officers Widows’ and Orphans’
Pensions Scheme, which was established under the
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act (Cap. 84-1925
Revised Laws), and which is continued under and by
virtue of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act, subject
to the provisions of that Act;
“Statutory Boards” means the Statutory Boards specifically named
in the Schedule to the Pensions Extension Act.
3. Notwithstanding any law in force at the commencement
of this Act, but subject to this Act—
(a) the widows or orphans or both of deceased officers
who had been accepted by the Committee, in the
purported exercise of its functions under the
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act, as contributors
to the Scheme are entitled to the payment of pensions
in accordance with the provisions of that Act;
25 of 1974.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Ch. 23:54.
Ch. 23:53.
Widows and
orphans of
deceased
pensionable
officers entitled
to pensions.
Ch. 23:54.
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(b) the deceased officers of Statutory Boards who—
(i) made contributions to the Scheme; and
(ii) died before they were accepted by the
Committee as contributors to the Scheme
(whether or not the officers had undergone
the prescribed medical examination), shall
be deemed to have been accepted by the
Committee as contributors thereto and to
have been entitled to the privileges and
benefits of contributors under the Widows’
and Orphans’ Pensions Act.
4. All officers who at the commencement of this Act are
employed by the Statutory Boards and are contributing to the Scheme
may, within six months of the commencement of this Act, elect, at
their option exercisable by notice in writing, to cease making the
contributions or to continue making their contributions thereto.
5. An officer who elects—
(a) to cease making contributions to the Scheme shall
be refunded the total amount of his contributions
without interest and subject to the deduction of
any sums due by him to the Government; or
(b) to continue making his contributions to the Scheme
shall, subject to his being accepted by the Committee
as a contributor to the Scheme, be entitled to the
privileges and benefits of a contributor under the
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act.
6. Where an officer who elects to continue making
contributions to the Scheme is not accepted by the Committee as a
contributor thereto, he shall be refunded the total amount of his
contributions without interest and subject to the deduction of any
sums due by him to the Government.
Officers
employed by
Statutory Boards
to be given
option.
Procedure
where officers
exercise right to
elect.
Ch. 23:54.
Procedure where
officer who
elects to
continue making
contributions is
not accepted as
a contributor.
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