116Compensation for existing officers.
(1)Every officer of a local authority who immediately before the passing of this Act had held office under that authority for a period of not less than two years, and who by virtue of this Act, or of anything done in pursuance or in consequence thereof, suffers any direct pecuniary loss by the determination of his appointment, or by diminution or loss of fees, salary, or emoluments, and for whose compensation for that loss provision is not made by any other enactment for the time being in force, shall be entitled to compensation under this Act for that loss.
(2)For the purposes of this section any officer—
(a)who at any time within five years after the passing of this Act relinquishes office by reason of his having been required to perform duties which are not analogous to or which are an unreasonable addition to those which he was required to perform immediately before the passing of this Act, or
(b)whose appointment is determined or whose salary is reduced within five years after the passing of this Act because his services are not required or his duties are diminished, and not on the ground of misconduct,
shall be deemed, unless the contrary is shown, to have suffered a direct pecuniary loss in consequence of this Act.
(3)The provisions set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall apply to the determination and payment of compensation under this Act to officers.
(4)For the purposes of this section the expression " officer " includes servant, but no member of a police force shall be deemed to be an officer of a local authority.