PENSIONS (TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY) (UNITED KINGDOM AGREEMENT ACT)

19792 sectionsFederal Republic of Nigeria

Section 1: Transfer of responsibility concerning pensions of certain expatriate officers, etc

(1)
As from the commencement of this Act, the payment of pensions to certain British subjects who had retired or hereafter retired from any office in any public service in the Federation specified in the Agreement contained in the Schedule to this Act shall no longer be the responsibility of the Government of the Federation or, as the case may require, the Government of a State but shall devolve upon and shall be the responsibility of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in accordance with the terms of the said Agreement.
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(2)
As from the coming into force of this Act, the provisions of any enactment or law relating to pensions shall not apply to pensions covered by the Agreement and accordingly, the provisions of any such enactment or law shall be read subject to the provisions of this Act.

Section 2: Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Transfer of Responsibility) (United Kingdom Agreement) Act.