Civil Service (Transferred Officers) Compensation Act, 1929

Date of retirement.

15.—(1) Where a transferred officer (other than an officer transferred after the 5th day of December, 1928) has given before the passing of this Act or shall on or before the 5th day of December, 1929 give notice of his desire to retire from the service of the Government of Saorstát Eireann in consequence of the change of government within the meaning of Article 10 of the Treaty, the retirement of such officer from such service in pursuance of such notice shall take place on such date as shall be fixed in that behalf by the Board.

(2) The following provisions shall apply to the fixing by the Board under the foregoing sub-section of the date of the retirement of a transferred officer to whom that sub-section applies, that is to say:—

(a) where the notice of desire to retire was given more than six months before the passing of this Act, the date of retirement shall not be more than four months after the passing of this Act;

(b) where the notice of desire to retire was given before but not more than six months before the passing of this Act, the date of retirement shall not be later than whichever of the following times is the later, that is to say, the expiration of six months from the giving of such notice or the expiration of four months from the passing of this Act;

(c) where the notice of desire to retire is given after the passing of this Act, the date of retirement shall not be later than the 5th day of June, 1930;

(d) in any case, the date of retirement shall not without the consent of the retiring officer be prior to the expiration of six months from the date on which the notice of desire to retire was given.

(3) Where a transferred officer transferred after the 5th day of December, 1928 gives notice within one year after such transfer of his desire to retire from the service of the Government of Saorstát Eireann in consequence of the change of government within the meaning of Article 10 of the Treaty, the retirement of such officer from such service in pursuance of such notice shall take place on such date as shall be fixed in that behalf by the Board but such date shall not without the consent of such officer be prior to the expiration of six months from the date on which such notice was so given nor subsequent to the expiration of twelve months from the said date.