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Preservation of continuity of service of servants of Limerick Corporation.
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85.—(1) Where a servant of the corporation was absent from duty during any period in respect of which this section applies and the period of absence would, but for this section, be regarded for the purposes of the pension enactments as breaking the continuity of his service with the corporation, the following provisions shall have effect for those purposes:—
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(a) the period of absence shall be regarded as not breaking the continuity of his service with the corporation, and
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(b) notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, the length of the period of absence shall not be taken into account in reckoning the length of his service with the corporation nor, where an allowance for life or a gratuity is granted to him, in reckoning the amount thereof.
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(2) In this section—
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the expression “the corporation” means the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Limerick;
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the expression “period in respect of which this section applies” means any period beginning on or after the 30th day of June, 1944, and ending before or on the 6th day of July, 1944;
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the expression “the pension enactments” means, in relation to a servant of the corporation, the enactments (including this Act) governing the grant to him on ceasing to be employed of an allowance for life or a gratuity.
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