S.I. No. 136/2016 - Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Superannuation Scheme 2016.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th March, 2016.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007), with the approval of the Minister for Health and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby makes the following Scheme:

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Superannuation Scheme 2016.

(2) This Scheme comes into operation on 10 March 2016.

2. (1) The Rules set out in the Schedule to the Rules for Pre-existing Public Service Pension Scheme Members Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 582 of 2014 ) are adopted as a Scheme for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of members of the staff, including the Registrar, of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

(2) This Scheme also applies to the eleven staff of the Society who were employees of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland constituted and incorporated by section 4 of the Pharmacy (Ireland) Act 1875 prior to its dissolution, but only in respect of service given on or after 22nd May 2007.

The Minister for Health approves the foregoing Scheme.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 March 2016.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Superannuation Scheme 2016

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Scheme.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 March 2016.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland,

10 March 2016.

ANN FRANKISH,

President.

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DAMHNAIT GAUGHAN,

Registrar.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Scheme may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Superannuation Scheme 2016. The purpose of these Regulations is to adopt the Rules set out in the Schedule to the Rules for Pre-existing Public Service Pension Scheme Members Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 582 of 2014 ) as a scheme for the granting of superannuation benefits to the Registrar and staff of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland who are not members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.