Higher Education Authority Act 2022

Superannuation for members of staff of An tÚdarás

31. (1) Subject to section 48 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 , a pensionable public servant who—

(a) is not a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, and

(b) is appointed under section 29 to be a member of the staff of An tÚdarás,

shall, on his or her appointment as a member of the staff of An tÚdarás, become and be a member of a relevant superannuation scheme in accordance with its terms and conditions.

(2) A person referred to in section 30 who, immediately before the commencement of section 7 , was a member of a relevant superannuation scheme or the Single Public Service Pension Scheme shall, on that commencement, continue to be a member of the scheme concerned in accordance with its terms and conditions.

(3) An tÚdarás may prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme amending or revoking a scheme previously submitted and approved under section 15 of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 and the amended scheme shall be made in accordance with Schedule 3 .

(4) An tÚdarás may prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme amending or revoking a scheme previously submitted and approved under this section and Schedule 3 and the amended scheme shall be made in accordance with that Schedule.

(5) In this section “relevant superannuation scheme” means a scheme made under section 15 of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 as amended from time to time by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and continued in force under section 5 (3).