Section 34
Section 34
The modifications referred to in regulations 32 and 33 shall be
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(a)
regulation 15
of the
Pensions
Regulations,
1957, shall be construed as if the proviso to paragraph
(1)
thereof had enabled a break caused by an event in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii)
or (iii) of paragraph (b)
of this regulation to to be disregarded for the purpose of determin
ing whether service had been continuous but to be nevertheless excluded for the purposes of calculating a pension, gratuity or allowance as expressly provided by paragraph (b);
(b)
in reckoning the service of any non-commis
sioned officer or constable for the purposes of calculation of pension or gratuity, there shall be excluded therefrom all periods during which the officer or constable has been absent from duty for any of the following reasons
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(i)
imprisonment for any cause, save that of detention while awaiting-any trial which results in his acquittal or discharge;
(ii)
desertion;
(iii)
absence without leave exceeding forty-eight hours;
(c)
Paragraph (a) of regulation 21 of the Pensions
Regulations, 1957, shall be ignored;
( d) regulation 25 of the Pensions Regulations, 1957, shall be ignored;
(e)
a reference to retirement on the ground of ill health shall be construed as a reference to dis
charge under subsection (3)
of section 19 of the Enactment;
(f)
a reference to compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organisation of a department designed to effect greater efficiency Or economy shall be construed as a reference to discharge on re-organisation or reduction of establishment of the Force.
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