15
CONFIDENTIAL
after
proposed that pensions, where payable, should not cease
spouse's remarriage and that the current
discriminatory provision whereby a husband's entitlement to
A dependant pension 1 subject to financial dependancy
shoula we removed.
29.
To avoid abuse, there should be a clear definition
of dependants, but to ellow flexibility, we recommend the
Secretary for tae Civil Service should have discretionary
power to accept bona-tide dependants who are not otherwise
covered as beneficiaries.
TO shorten the time lag for
payment, married officers should also be allowed to
nominate, OB
a voluntary basis, their spouse 25
beneficiary.
(c) Duty-related Injury Benefits ("Additional Pension")
30.
"additional
At present, there are four levels
levels of benefit for
pension" payments, which relate to different
percentages of incapacity.
The existing
range of
arrangements
are unsatisfactory in that, for example, an
officer who suffers
permanent disability of 15% will
receive the Sdine level of additional pension aS one
suffers a 11⁄2 incapacity.
who
We recommend that it would be
more equitable thät the rate of additional pension should
be directly
incapacity.
proportional
to the actual percentage of