Special Pensions Amendment Act 27 of 2005

The Special Pensions Amendment Act 27 of 2005 aims:

• to amend the Special Pensions Act, 1996, so as:
  • to provide for the lapsing of provisions regarding rights to pensions and survivor's benefits on 31 December 2006;
  • to introduce a surviving spouse's pension, an orphan's pension, and a funeral benefit;
  • to regulate benefit payments to spouses and dependants;
  • to provide for the reconsideration of determined cases by the Board;
  • to provide for the repayment of any benefit paid to a person that was not entitled to that benefit;
  • to further regulate the dissolution of the Board and the Review Board;
  • to amend Schedule 3 to the Act;
  • to add Schedule 4 to the Act; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

16 January 2006