Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013
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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act. |
2.— Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended— | |
(a) in the definition of “appointment”, by inserting “but does not include redeployment pursuant to Part 6A” after “section 6”, | ||
(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “public service body”: | ||
“ ‘public service body’ means, other than for the purposes of Parts 6A and 7A— | ||
(a) the Civil Service, | ||
(b) the Garda Síochána, | ||
(c) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 , | ||
(d) the Health Service Executive, | ||
(e) an education and training board, and | ||
(f) such other body or bodies as may be prescribed by the Minister by order under section 6 in accordance with that section, | ||
and reference to ‘public service’ shall be read accordingly;”, | ||
(c) by inserting the following after the definition of “officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas”: | ||
“ ‘pre-existing public service pension scheme’ has the meaning it has in section 5 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 ;”, | ||
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(d) by inserting the following after the definition of“scheduled occupation”: | ||
“ ‘Single Public Service Pension Scheme’ means the scheme established by Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 ; | ||
‘superannuation benefit’ has the meaning it has in section 1 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 ;”. |