Pension Laws Amendment Act 96 of 1983

The Pension Laws Amendment Act 96 of 1983 intends:

• to amend the Members of Statutory Bodies Pension Act, 1969, so as
  • to alter the rates for the calculation of annuities payable to a member or of a benefit and annuities payable to the widow of a member or pensioner; and
  • to substitute certain obsolete designations;
• to amend the Parliamentary Service and Administrators' Pensions Act, 1971 [repealed in July 1984], so as
  • to provide for the payment of pensions and other benefits to the Administrator General for the territory of South West Africa; to further regulate the right to elect that certain service be counted as pensionable service;
  • to make different provision for the calculation of gratuities payable to members; and
  • to delete or to substitute certain obsolete expressions and designations;
• to amend the Social Pensions Act, 1973 [repealed in March 1996], so as
  • to further regulate the receipt and investigation of applications for social pensions; and
  • to substitute certain obsolete designations and expressions;
• to amend the Military Pensions Act, 1976, so as 
  • to further regulate the payment of an annual pension to parents of certain deceased members; and
  • to substitute a certain obsolete designation;
• to amend the General Pensions Act, 1979, so as
  • to do away with the time limit for the institution of legal proceedings;
  • to extend the provision relating to the payment of pension benefits to certain members of the staff of certain universities; and
  • to substitute a certain obsolete designation;
  • to provide for the continuation of certain provisions of the Children's Act, 1960; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

13 July 1983

Amendments

Amended by Members of Parliament and Political Office-bearers Pension Scheme Act 112 of 1984