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Removal of doubts.
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74.— The Act of 2010 is amended by substituting the following section for section 12:
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“12.— (1) Subsection (2) applies where a doubt, question or dispute arises in the operation of this Act in respect of—
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(a) whether a person is or is not a person whose public service pension is subject to section 2, or
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(b) a case in which section 2 applies to a public service pension, the manner in which it so applies, including in circumstances where a pension adjustment order has been made in relation to the public service pension.
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(2) The doubt, question or dispute concerned shall—
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(a) be submitted to the Minister by the paying authority in relation to the public service pension concerned, and
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(b) be determined by the Minister after consulting such persons (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances,
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and the determination of the doubt, question or dispute by the Minister shall be final.”.
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