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PART II. 
 
Increases of Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Acts. 
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Appropriate sum. 
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3.—(1) For the purposes of this Part “the appropriate sum” in relation to a pension means— 
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(a) where the amount of the pension does not exceed £100 a year, fifteen per cent. of the amount of the pension, 
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(b) where the amount of the pension exceeds £100 a year but does not exceed £125 a year, £15 a year. 
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(c) where the amount of the pension exceeds £125 a year but does not exceed £150 a year, twelve per cent. of the amount of the pension, 
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(d) where the amount of the pension exceeds £150 a year but does not exceed £200 a year, £18 a year, 
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(e) where the amount of the pension exceeds £200 a year but does not exceed £300 a year, nine per cent. of the amount of the pension, 
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(f) where the amount of the pension exceeds £300 a year but does not exceed £450 a year, £27 a year. 
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the amount of a pension shall be the amount of the full pension, whether the pension is in course of payment in full, in part or not at all. 
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(3) In this section “pension” does not include a further pension under section 2 or section 3 of the Act of 1923 or a married pension. 
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