Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024
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Amendment of Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 | ||
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30. The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1(1), in the definition of “specified fire brigade employee”, by the insertion of “or where a higher age is specified by regulations under section 158 (1)(ba) of the Local Government Act 2001 , that age” after “55 years of age”, and | ||
(b) in section 4— | ||
(i) in subsection (1)(b), by the insertion of “or such higher age as may be specified by the Minister for Justice, in regulations made under the relevant provision, as the retirement age for the rank of the member” after “60 years”, | ||
(ii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “as a new entrant to the Garda Síochána to the rank of Commissioner of the Garda Síochána or of Deputy Garda Commissioner who has attained the age of 55 years but is under the age of 60 years or such higher age as may be specified by the Minister for Justice, in regulations made under the relevant provision, as the retirement age for the rank concerned” for “who has attained the age of 55 years but is under the age of 60 years as a new entrant to the Garda Síochána to the rank of Commissioner of the Garda Síochána or of Deputy Garda Commissioner”, and | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5): | ||
“(6) In this section, ‘relevant provision’ means— | ||
(a) until the date on which it is repealed by the coming into operation of section 5 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 , section 122 (1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 , and | ||
(b) on and from the date referred to in paragraph (a), section 254 (1) of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 .”, | ||
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(c) in section 13— | ||
(i) by the designation of that section as subsection (1), and | ||
(ii) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to— | ||
(a) a person who is appointed as a member of the Garda Síochána, | ||
(b) a specified fire brigade employee, | ||
(c) a member of the Permanent Defence Force, or | ||
(d) a prison officer (within the meaning of section 26 of the Act of 2012).”. |