S.L. 260.4 Art. 18Increase in pensionable emoluments.

(1) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to officers in service on or after 1st 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 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 service 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 basis if a full year or years of pro rata additional service has 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:

Provided that upon the request of the beneficiary, gratuities shall be paid at the end of each of the four (4) years covered by this provision.

(6) Where an officer who has completed twenty-five (25) years of service with the Department for Correctional Services, has also satisfied the conditions set out in regulation 17 and opts to continue to serve with the Department for Correctional Services thereafter, the said officer shall be entitled to the pension payable upon the completion of twenty-five (25) years of service, notwithstanding any event which may occur during the period subsequent to the completion of the said twenty-five (25) years of service and which may give rise to the applicability of the provisions of regulation 17:

Provided that this shall be without prejudice to the possibility of accruing additional pension benefits:

Provided further that the provisions of regulation 17(2) shall apply to the pension payable to the officers referred to in this regulation for the period subsequent to the completion of the said twenty-five (25) years of service.