Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013

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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

2.— Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in the definition of “appointment”, by inserting “but does not include redeployment pursuant to Part 6A” after “section 6”,

(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “public service body”:

“ ‘public service body’ means, other than for the purposes of Parts 6A and 7A—

(a) the Civil Service,

(b) the Garda Síochána,

(c) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 ,

(d) the Health Service Executive,

(e) an education and training board, and

(f) such other body or bodies as may be prescribed by the Minister by order under section 6 in accordance with that section,

and reference to ‘public service’ shall be read accordingly;”,

(c) by inserting the following after the definition of “officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas”:

“ ‘pre-existing public service pension scheme’ has the meaning it has in section 5 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 ;”,

and

(d) by inserting the following after the definition of“scheduled occupation”:

“ ‘Single Public Service Pension Scheme’ means the scheme established by Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 ;

‘superannuation benefit’ has the meaning it has in section 1 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 ;”.