S.I. No. 55/1987 - Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme For Regular Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1987.


I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 44 of the Transport Act, 1950 (No. 12 of 1950), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), hereby, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1987.

2. In this Order, "the amending Scheme" means the Scheme amending the Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff prepared by Córas Iompair Eireann and submitted to the Minister for Communications under section 44 of the Transport Act, 1950 (No. 12 of 1950), and set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3. The amending Scheme is hereby confirmed and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 17th day of January, 1987.

SCHEDULE

CÓRAS IOMPAIR ÉIREANN PENSION SCHEME FOR REGULAR WAGES STAFF (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1987.

1. Definitions

In this amending Scheme "the existing Scheme" means the Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff confirmed by S.R. & O. No. 242 of 1945 and subsequently amended by the amending Schemes confirmed by Statutory Instruments numbered 115 of 1949, 34 of 1955, 226 of 1957, 56 of 1961, 48 of 1965, 7 of 1967, 58 of 1969, 77 of 1971, 252 of 1974, 288 of 1977, 74 of 1980, 181 of 1982, 132 of 1985, 288 of 1985 and 319 of 1985.

"The operative date" means the 17th day of January, 1987.

2. In this amending Scheme unless otherwise expressly stated the words and expressions used shall have the meanings assigned to them by the existing Scheme.

3. Amendment of the Existing Scheme

The existing Scheme shall be amended with effect on and from the operative date so as to conform to the provisions hereinafter contained and every provision of the existing Scheme which is inconsistent with the provisions hereinafter contained shall cease to have effect.

4. Article 9 (3), as inserted by S.I. No. 288 of 1985 , of the Schedule to S.I. No. 226 of 1957 , is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution in paragraphs (a) and (b) of "before the 17th day of January, 1988" for "before the 17th day of January, 1987", and

(b) by the substitution in paragraph (c) of "under paragraphs (a) and (b) above" for "under paragraph (a) above".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of March, 1987.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of the Scheme is to provide for the reduction, under certain conditions, of the retiring ages/service requirement prescribed in the existing Scheme, to allow for voluntary early retirement on redundancy.