The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963

Interpretation of terms

23.  In this Part of this Schedule, unless inconsistent with the context—

“approved”, in relation to a Government, institution or employer, means approved under and for the purposes of the Pension Regulations;

“average retiring emoluments”, in relation to a transferred officer who retires or is discharged from or dies while serving with the Government of a Territory, means the pensionable emoluments accepted by that Government for the purpose of calculating that officer's pension or gratuity, or the pensionable emoluments which would have been accepted by that Government for the purpose of calculating that officer's pension or gratuity had he retired at the date of his death;

“date of transfer”, in relation to a transferred officer, means the date on which he is transferred to the service of the Government of a Territory;

“emoluments accepted as pensionable”, in relation to a transferred officer, means the emoluments of that officer during his pensionable employment which are accepted by the Government of the Territory as pensionable under his conditions of service with that Government;

“emoluments factor”, in relation to a transferred officer, means the aggregate of his pensionable emoluments during his pensionable service divided by the aggregate of his pensionable emoluments during his pensionable service and his emoluments accepted as pensionable during his pensionable employment;

“officer” includes a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was a “service member” as defined in section 2 of the Federal Public Service Act 1959 of the Federation;

“pensionable employment”, in relation to—

“Southern Rhodesia officer” means an officer, Prison officer or member who had served with the Government of Southern Rhodesia on pensionable or gratuitable conditions of service immediately prior to his appointment or transfer to the service of the Federal Government or Federal Assembly;

“transferred officer” means an officer, Prison officer or member who on or after the dissolution of the Federation is transferred to the service of the Government of a Territory on pensionable conditions of service.