Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018

SCHEDULE

Section 7

“PART 3

Section 3A

Consequential Amendments to Acts relating to section 3A

Number and Year

Short Title

Amendment

No. 46 of 1956

Civil Service Regulation Act 1956

Section 8 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (1):

‘(b) in relation to any other civil servant, 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age.’,

(b) the deletion of subsection (2), and

(c) the deletion of subsection (4).

No. 26 of 1980

Ombudsman Act 1980

Section 2 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (3):

‘(c) shall in any case vacate the office on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’,

and

(b) the deletion of subsection (7).

No. 9 of 1985

Dentists Act 1985

Section 18 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

‘(1) A person who is a permanent officer of the Council shall cease to be a permanent officer on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to cease holding office on grounds of age shall not apply.’,

and

(b) the deletion of subsection (2).

No. 7 of 1992

Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

Section 21 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (14):

‘(b) The Director General shall vacate the office of Director General on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

Section 24 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (10):

‘(b) A director shall vacate his office of director on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 8 of 1993

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993

Section 15 is amended in subsection (6) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

‘(a) The age of retirement of a person appointed to the office of Comptroller and Auditor General after 1 October 1993 shall be 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 14 of 1999

National Disability Authority Act 1999

Section 25 is amended in subsection (5) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

‘(a) The Director shall, unless he or she earlier dies, resigns or retires at any stage after attaining the earliest age to retire in accordance with a scheme under section 28 or is earlier removed from office, hold office—

(i) for a period not exceeding 7 years, or

(ii) for the period from the date of the appointment to the date on which he or she attains the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age,

whichever is the shorter but, where the Director is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to cease holding office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 30 of 2000

Planning and Development Act 2000

Section 105 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (13):

‘(b) The chairperson shall vacate the office of chairperson on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

Section 106 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (13):

‘(b) A person shall vacate the office of ordinary member on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 37 of 2001

Local Government Act 2001

Section 147 is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (b) by the substitution of ‘the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age’ for ‘such age as the Minister specifies by order’, and

(b) by the insertion of ‘but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of the aforementioned Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to cease to hold the employment on grounds of age shall not apply’ after ‘ceases to hold the employment’.

Section 158 is amended by the deletion of paragraph (c) of subsection (1).

No. 22 of 2002

Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

Section 4 is amended in subsection (3) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

‘(c) shall in any case vacate the office on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 32 of 2003

Official Languages Act 2003

The Second Schedule is amended in paragraph 2—

(a) in the Irish text by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c):

‘(c)éireoidh sé nó sí as oifig ar chaoi ar bith ar 70 bliain d’aois a shlánú nó, i gcás go bhforordófar aois is airde ná sin le hordú faoi alt 3A(2) den Acht um Aoisliúntas na Seirbhíse Poiblí (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 2004 chun críocha an Achta sin, ar an aois sin a shlánú ach, i gcás gurb iontrálaí nua an duine (de réir bhrí an Achta sin) arna cheapadh nó arna ceapadh an 1 Aibreán 2004 nó dá éis, ní bheidh feidhm ag an gceanglas maidir le héirí as oifig ar fhoras aoise.’,

and

(b) in the English text by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c):

‘(c) shall in any case vacate the office on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 25 of 2007

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

Section 26 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

‘(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is a permanent officer of the Council shall cease to be a permanent officer on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age.’,

and

(b) the deletion of subsection (3).

No. 41 of 2011

Nurses and Midwives Act 2011

Section 30 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

‘(1) Subject to subsection (2), an employee of the Board (including the chief executive officer) shall cease to be an employee on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age.’,

and

(b) the deletion of subsection (3).

No. 30 of 2014

Freedom of Information Act 2014

Schedule 2 is amended in paragraph 2 by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c):

‘(c) shall in any case vacate the office on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to vacate office on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

No. 7 of 2018

Data Protection Act 2018

Section 15(10) is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

‘(d) cease to be a Commissioner on attaining the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act, that age but, where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of that Act) appointed on or after 1 April 2004, the requirement to cease to be a Commissioner on grounds of age shall not apply.’.

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