Civil Protection Pensions Regulations, 2023

L.N. 314 of 2023

CIVIL PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 411)

Civil Protection Pensions Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 12 of the Civil

Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the civil protection, with

the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance, has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Civil Protection

Pensions Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be read and

construed as one with the Civil Protection Pensions Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the definition "the Minister" there shall be added the following

new definition

"partner" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Civil Unions Act.".

Immediately after regulation 17 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulations

" Increase in

(1) The provisions of this regulation

pensionable

shall apply to officers in service on or after 1st

emoluments.

October 2023

Provided that officers who retired

during the year 2023 because they reached pension

age or were medically boarded out shall also

benefit from these provisions

Provided further that these provisions

shall apply to officers who were reinstated as

members of the force as long as they serve for a

period of at least four (4) years from the date of

reinstatement, as stipulated in sub-regulation (2).

(2) Save as otherwise expressly provided

in the Act and any subsidiary legislation made

thereunder, an officer who has completed the

twenty-five (25) years of service and who decides

to remain in the force for an additional period of

four (4) years shall be entitled to an increase of

twenty-three per cent (23%) in his pension.

(3) If the officer continues to serve beyond

the twenty-nine (29) years in the service in

accordance with sub-regulation (2), he shall be

entitled to an additional sum equivalent to six (6)

months’ basic salary for each additional year of

service, which additional period of service for the

purposes of the said payment shall not exceed a

maximum of four (4) years of service.

(4) Without prejudice to sub-regulation

(3), the officer shall be granted a gratuity on a pro

rata basis if a full year of service or years of

additional services have not been completed due to

illness or if the officer has reached retirement age

as defined in the Social Security Act.

(5) Gratuities in accordance with these

regulations shall be payable on retirement of the

officer or on completion of thirty-three (33) years

of service.

Where an officer dies before reaching

Pensionable

emoluments to

his pension age as defined in the Social Security

surviving spouse

or partner.

Act, whether he is still in service as well as if he

already retired and is receiving a pension under the

Act, the surviving spouse or partner shall be paid a

widows pension for a period not exceeding five (5)

years from the death of the said officer, or until the

date when the officer would have reached the said

pension age, whichever comes first. The widows

pension shall be equivalent to the proportion

indicated in the Twelfth Schedule to the Social

Security Act, equivalent to two-thirds of the basic

salary of the officer on his death or on his

retirement, as applicable

Provided that the pension shall only be

granted if the said officer has served in the force

for a period of at least ten (10) years

Provided further that the provisions of

this regulation shall apply retroactively in case of

officers who were deceased on or after 1st January

2022, but before the coming into force of these

regulations.".

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