Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004
Pensionable age generally. |
10.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6) and sections 5 and 11, no superannuation benefit other than death benefits shall be paid in respect of service as a new entrant before he or she reaches the age of 65 years. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (6)— | ||
(a) where a member of the Permanent Defence Force other than the Army Nursing Service is a new entrant, then no superannuation benefit shall be paid in respect of service as a new entrant before he or she reaches the age of 50 years, other than death benefits, and | ||
(b) in the case of members of the Army Nursing Service, subsection (1) shall apply. | ||
(3) Subject to subsection (6), where a member of the Garda Síochána is a new entrant, no superannuation benefit shall be paid in respect of service as a new entrant before he or she reaches the age of 55 years, other than death benefits. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (6), nothing in this section shall be read as prohibiting a provision in a public service pension scheme from setting the age at which preserved benefit, other than a death benefit, first becomes payable at an age later than the age at which a retirement benefit is payable. | ||
(5) Subject to subsection (6), where a specified fire brigade employee is a new entrant, no superannuation benefit shall be paid before he or she reaches the age of 55 years, other than death benefits. | ||
(6) Nothing in this section or section 3 shall affect any provision by or under any enactment or public service pension scheme which provides for the award of superannuation benefits at a date earlier than that specified in those sections or in the amendments provided for by Part 2 of Schedule 2 — | ||
(a) on the grounds of ill health, or | ||
(b) where it is provided for by the provisions of a public service pension scheme, on 31 March 2004, in the case of compulsory cessor of office or position before 65 years of age, or | ||
(c) for any other specified purpose under any enactment or public service pension scheme that applies to a new entrant and is approved by the relevant Minister and the Minister after 31 March 2004. |