On the retirement from the service of any Urban Fire Authority of any employee who has had not less than ten years’ continuous service with that Urban Fire Authority, or not less than fifteen years’ continuous service with that Urban Fire Authority and one or more other Urban Fire Authorities, that Urban Fire Authority may pay to him by way of gratuity an amount not exceeding an amount equal to six months’ pay at the rate payable to him at the time of his retirement.

On the death of any such employee (whether before or after his retirement, but before he has received a gratuity under subsection one of this section) the Urban Fire Authority may pay to his dependants or any of them by way of gratuity an amount not exceeding an amount equal to six months’ pay at the rate payable to him at the time of his retirement or (if he died before retirement) at the time of his death.

For the purposes of this section service with an Urban Fire Authority shall be deemed to include service with any other Urban Fire Authority which was the predecessor of that Urban Fire Authority; and an Urban Fire Authority shall be deemed to be the predecessor of another Urban Fire Authority in any case where on its dissolution or in any other circumstances, its functions or any of its functions have been transferred to that other Urban Fire Authority.

After the commencement of this section, no person shall receive more than one gratuity under this section by reason of his employment in the fire service.”