Superannuation Act, 1936
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Reckoning of service of persons transferred from a British civil service. |
14.—(1) The service in any British civil service of a person who is not a transferred officer within the meaning of the Civil Service (Transferred Officers) Compensation Act, 1929 (No. 36 of 1929), but was, before the passing of this Act, transferred directly from a position in a British civil service to a position in the civil service of the Provisional Government or the civil service of Saorstát Eireann may, for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, be deemed to be service in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann, and any superannuation allowance, gratuity, or other benefit granted to or in respect of him under the said Acts may be computed accordingly. | |
(2) A person who, having been transferred directly from an established position in a British civil service to a position in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann, retired from the latter civil service before the passing of this Act may for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts be deemed to have served in an established position in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann within the meaning and for the purposes of the next preceding sub-section of this section, notwithstanding that his appointment to such position was never completed by the issue of a certificate in respect thereof by the Civil Service Commissioners. | ||
(3) The two next preceding sub-sections of this section shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as from the establishment of Saorstát Eireann and shall accordingly operate to validate, subject to such (if any) adjustment or variation as may be appropriate in the circumstances, every grant of a superannuation allowance, gratuity, or other benefit granted or purported to be granted under the Superannuation Acts after such establishment and before the passing of this Act which would have been lawful if the said two next preceding sub-sections had been in force when such grant was made. |