Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898

Superannuation allowance of existing officers.

32 & 33 Vict. c. 50.

118.(1) Every existing officer who is by this Act transferred to any county or district council, or is an officer of any board of guardians, and would, if he were to retire on the appointed day, be qualified for a superannuation allowance, shall, without prejudice to any existing right, when he resigns or ceases to hold his office for some cause other than misconduct, be entitled to receive a superannuation allowance on the scale and according to the Acts and rules relating to Her Majesty’s civil service.

(2) For the purpose of the provisions of this Part of this Act with respect to existing officers, the expression “qualified for superannuation allowance” shall mean qualified as regards age and length of service, and, except as respects a medical officer to whom the Medical Officers Superannuation Act (Ireland), 1869, applies, the devotion of his whole time to the service.