Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

98.   Power to withhold pensions, etc

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    (1)   Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion—

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      (a)     to decide whether or not any pension benefits shall be granted; or

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      (b)     to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such benefits that have been granted,

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    those benefits shall be granted and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the Public Service Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the benefits or, as the case may be, in the decision to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.

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    (2)   Where the amount of any pension benefits that may be granted to any person is not fixed by law, the amount of the benefits to be granted to him or her shall be the greatest amount for which he or she is eligible unless the Public Service Commission concurs in his or her being granted benefits of a smaller amount.

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    (3)   The Public Service Commission shall not concur under subsection (1) or subsection (2) in any action taken on the ground that any person who holds or has held the office of judge of the Supreme Court, Director of Public Prosecutions, Director of Audit or Chief Elections Officer has been guilty of misbehaviour in that office unless he or she has been removed from that office by reason of such misbehaviour.

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    (4)   Before the Public Service Commission concurs under subsection (1) or subsection (2) in any action taken on the ground that any person who holds or has held any office to which, at the time of such action, section 91 applies has been guilty of misbehaviour in that office, the Public Service Commission shall consult the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.

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    (5)   In this section “pension benefits” means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or officers of the Supreme Court or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service.

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