Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013

Application of sections 2 and 2A of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010

30. (1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 2, 2A, 3, 5 and 6 of the Act of 2010 shall, subject to any necessary modifications, apply to a person who, after the relevant date within the meaning of that Act, becomes entitled to payment of superannuation benefits under a scheme made under section 28 , in the same manner as it applies to a pensioner within the meaning of that Act.

(2) Subsection (3) of section 2A (inserted by section 5 (5) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 ) of the Act of 2010 shall apply to a person who, not later than—

(a) 31 August 2014, or

(b) such other date as may be specified in accordance with section 9 (1)(b)(ii) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 ,

becomes entitled to payment of superannuation benefits under a scheme made under section 28

(i) the aggregate of which exceeds €32,500 a year, or

(ii) the aggregate of which when added to any public service pension within the meaning of the Act of 2010 to which the person is also entitled exceeds €32,500 a year,

and, for that purpose, references in that subsection to relevant (post 29 February 2012) pensioner shall be construed as including references to such a person.

(3) In this section—

“Act of 2010” means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 ;

“superannuation benefit” does not include—

(a) any lump sum payment, or

(b) any pension, gratuity or other allowance payable on resignation, retirement or death in respect of a period of reckonable service that is not a period of reckonable service to which paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (7) of section 28 applies.