Section 12
Cases in which pensions, etc., may be granted
of Statutory and Local Authorities Superannuation Fund Act 1977
No pension, gratuity or other award shall be granted under this Part to an employee until the employee has retired from service in a statutory or local authority—
(a)
on or after attaining the age of *fifty-five years;
(b)
on or after attaining the age of *fifty years in the case of a male employee, or forty-five years in the case of a female employee and an employee of the Fire Services holding the rank of Sub-Officer and below, with the prior consent of the appropriate authority;
(c)
on medical evidence acceptable to the appropriate authority that he is incapable of discharging the duties of his office, by reason of infirmity of mind or body likely to be permanent;
(d)
on the abolition of his office;
(e)
on the termination of his employment in the public interest;
*NOTE—The compulsory age of retirement as provided in the Statutory and Local Authorities
Pensions Act 1980 [Act 239] has been amended to “fifty-six”–see Statutory and Local Authorities
Pension (Amendment) Act 2001 [Act A1125].
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(f)
on compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organization of the statutory or local authority to which he belongs by which greater effi-ciency or economy may be effected; or
(g)
on the ground of national interest at the instance of the
Government.