Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
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Public service body. |
3.— (1) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is a public service body, and “public service” shall be construed accordingly: | |
(a) the Civil Service of the State; | ||
(b) the Civil Service of the Government; | ||
(c) the Garda Síochána; | ||
(d) the Permanent Defence Force within the meaning of the Defence Act 1954 ; | ||
(e) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
(f) the Health Service Executive; | ||
(g) a vocational education committee established by section 7 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 ; | ||
(h) a relevant body, whose members of staff are persons to whom a public service pension scheme in force immediately before the passing of this Act applies; | ||
(i) a relevant body— | ||
(i) whose members of staff are persons in respect of whom the Minister for Finance had, immediately before the passing of this Act, the power to apply the provisions of a public service pension scheme, and | ||
(ii) for the time being standing prescribed by the Minister for Finance. | ||
(2) In this section— | ||
“public service pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme or pension arrangement (howsoever described)— | ||
(a) provided for under the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963 or any other statute, and | ||
(b) made or approved by a Minister of the Government; | ||
“relevant body” means— | ||
(a) a body (other than a company established under the Companies Acts) established by or under statute, | ||
(b) a company established under the Companies Acts all of the shares in which are held— | ||
(i) by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government, or | ||
(ii) by directors appointed by a Minister of the Government, | ||
(c) a subsidiary within the meaning of section 155 of the Act of 1963 of— | ||
(i) a body to which paragraph (a) applies, or | ||
(ii) a company to which paragraph (b) applies, | ||
(d) a body funded, wholly or partly, out of moneys— | ||
(i) provided by the Oireachtas, or | ||
(ii) from the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof, | ||
or | ||
(e) a company or body under the control, within the meaning of section 11 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 , of— | ||
(i) a company to which paragraph (b) applies, | ||
(ii) a subsidiary to which paragraph (c) applies, | ||
(iii) a body to which paragraph (a) or (d) applies, or | ||
(iv) a public service body to which paragraph (e), (f) or (g) of subsection (1) applies, | ||
for the time being standing prescribed by the Minister. |