Local Government Act, 1955

Special provisions for certain persons.

23.—(1) Where—

(a) a person, at the commencement of this section, has a period of pensionable local service for the purposes of Part II of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948 (No. 4 of 1948), and

(b) during any period or periods, being a period or periods not reckonable for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1954, such person performed the duties of a local authority by virtue of an appointment made under statute,

the period referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection and the period or periods referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection may be aggregated and deemed to be service for the purposes of the said Part II.

(2) Where at the commencement of this section, Séamas O Murchadha holds the office of chief executive officer of the Dublin Board of Assistance:—

(a) his name shall be deemed to be entered in the register kept by that Board under Part II of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948 , and to have been so entered consequent upon an application duly made under subsection (1) of section 37 of that Act,

(b) the following may be aggregated and deemed to be service for the purposes of the said Part II:

(i) his service as chief executive officer of that Board,

(ii) his service as commissioner for that Board,

(iii) his service rendered prior to the service mentioned in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph which is reckonable for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1954, and

(iv) his service as commissioner for Dublin Union, and

(c) he shall be deemed to be a pensionable officer of that Board in respect of the service mentioned in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of this subsection, but subsection (6) of section 37 of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948 , shall not apply in respect of him.