Section 5
Computation of pensions, etc.
of Statutory and Local Authorities Pensions Act 1980
Any pension, gratuity or other benefit granted under this Act shall be computed in accordance with the regulations; provided that, in the case of retirement under paragraph 10(5)(a) or under section 13, the amount of pension granted shall not be less than one-fifth of the employee’s last drawn salary.
(2)
For the purpose of subsection (1), the last drawn salary of an employee who retires before being confirmed in his second or subsequent appointment shall be the last drawn salary of his former appointment in which he had been confirmed had he remained in his former appointment until his retirement.
(3)
Any pension, gratuity or other benefit granted to an employee who retires under section 11 shall be computed in accordance with the regulations where the total period of his reckonable service shall be counted as if he had served until his compulsory age of retirement, whichever is applicable to him.