Pensions Act, 1990

Principle of equal treatment and collective agreements, etc.

74.—(1) (a) Where an agreement or order to which this section applies contains a rule which does not comply with the principle of equal treatment, the rule shall be null and void.

(b) This section applies to—

(i) a collective agreement,

(ii) an employment regulation order within the meaning of Part IV of the Act of 1946, and

(iii) a registered employment agreement within the meaning of Part III of the Act of 1946 registered in the Register of Employment Agreements.

(2) Where a contract of employment contains a term (whether expressed or implied) which does not comply with the principle of equal treatment, the term shall be null and void.