Service in an approved service

(3) If the pensionable service of the teacher does not exceed ten years he shall be paid a pension at the annual rate of one four hundred and eightieth (1/480th) of his pensionable emoluments in respect of each completed month of pensionable service. (4) The pension payable under subsections (1), (2) or (3) of this section, shall not exceed two-thirds of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn at any time by such teacher during the period of service and subject to section 22 of this Act, shall not be less than two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. 9.-(1) Every teacher who has served in a designated school and in an approved service for a period of not less than ten years and who has attained the age of fifty-five years or who, if all his service had been in a designated school, would be eligible for a pension under section 6 (2) of this Act, may be granted a pension in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) Pensions granted under this section shall be payable only in respect of the period during which such teacher served as a teacher in a designated school and such other period in respect of which the employing authorities in the approved service have made the approved pension contribution. (3) For the purpose of this section and section 10 of this Act the expression “teacher” shall include a person serving in an approved service who, immediately before such service, was on the register kept by the Chief Education Officer. (4) Service in Belize by a probationer or pupil teacher over eighteen years of age which is immediately followed by service as a teacher under this Act shall be deemed to be service under this Act. 10