Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

Property arbitrator.

27.—(1) Where a person, having been appointed, either after the 1st day of November, 1961, and before the passing of this Act or after the passing of this Act, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 2 of the Property Values (Arbitrations and Appeals) Act, 1960 , to be a property arbitrator, is employed in a whole-time capacity under the terms of his appointment as a property arbitrator—

(a) his service as a property arbitrator (excluding any service rendered by him after the expiry of three months from the day on which he attains the age of sixty-five years) shall, provided the Minister approves, be deemed for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1963, to be established service,

(b) if no award is made to or in respect of him by virtue of the foregoing paragraph, his service shall be deemed to be service in a capacity to which section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , applies.

(2) The service of a person who was deemed pursuant to subsection (4) of section 2 of the Property Values (Arbitrations and Appeals) Act, 1960 , to be appointed to be a property arbitrator (including his service as a member of the panel of official arbitrators under the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 ) shall be deemed to have been service in a capacity to which section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , applies.