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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 89] Pensions Regulations [1987 Ed.
Officers retiring on account of injuries.
36 of 1987, s. 49. L.N. 123/80.
PART VI SUPPLEMENTARY
31. (1) If an officer holding an established office in which he has been confirmed is permanently injured-
(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and
(b) without his own default; and
(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of his duty,
he may-
(i) if his retirement is thereby necessitated or materially accelerated and he has been in the public service for less than 10 years, be granted, in lieu of any gratuity under regulation 5 or 12, a pension under regulation 4, 9, 10 or 11, as the case may be, as if the words "for 10 years or more" were omitted from the said regulation 4;
(ii) if so injured while in the service under the Government, be granted on retirement an additional pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual pensionable emoluments at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the table in this paragraph;
(iii) if he is so injured while in the service under the Government, and his capacity to contribute to his own support thereby becomes impaired after his retirement, be granted from the time such impairment is established, an additional pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual pensionable emoluments at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the table in this paragraph:
Table
When the officer's capacity to contribute to his own support is--
G.N.A. 90/60.
slightly impaired 50 600 impaired 100 600 materially impaired 150 600 totally destroyed 200 600Provided that the amount of the additional pension may be reduced to such an extent as the Governor shall think reasonable where the injury is not the cause or the sole cause of retirement.