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normally aggregated for calculation of pension. There was no system of transfer values ;

but, as and when the pension became payable out of the rate account of the last employer,
all previous employers became liable to pay 'pension contributions ' to reimburse that part

of the pension which was attributable to the appropriate previous service. An ill-health
pension could be withdrawn in the event of subsequent recovery, and the pensioner

required to resume duty until the normal pension age.
(iii) The Asylums and Certified Institutions (Officers' Pensions) Act, 1919, extended the

1909 Act to include service (treated as of the second class) in certified institutions

provided under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.
(iv) The Local Government Superannuation Act, 1937, provided for interchange between

the general and the mental hospitals, etc., service, requiring, inter alia, payment of 1937

Act transfer values to the Mental Hospital authority and ' pension contributions ' in the
reverse direction, subject, in all cases, to the repayment of any contributions returned by

the former employer.
The 1909 and 1919 Acts were repealed by the National Health Service (Superannuation)

Regulations, 1947. The Development of Public Superannuation Schemes 15
(e) Teachers (this scheme has throughout been financed centrally but administered, prior

to pension age, by local authorities)

(i) The Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1898 to 1912, provided a
deferred-annuity money-purchase scheme coupled with a noncontributory unfunded

superannuation scheme. Under the former, the annual contribution, at rates varying from
£3 in 1899 to £3 12s. in 1919 for men, and at two-thirds of those rates for women

teachers, was normally payable until age 65 when the deferred annuity vested. The non-
contributory superannuation allowance, payable by the Exchequer, was at the rate of 10s.

per year of recorded service in the case of retirements before 1912, and at £1 per year in

the case of later retirements. Provision was also made for ill-health pensions, on a much
more generous scale, but subject to withdrawal in the event of recovery.

(ii) The current Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1918-46, superseded the above.

Members' contributions, at 5 % of salary, and equal employers' contributions by the local
authorities, are carried to a national Teachers Superannuation Account, which, although

on an unfunded basis, is statutorily subject to actuarial investigation at seven-year