Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018

Reckoning for superannuation purposes of service by relevant public servants

4. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 13:

“13A. Subject to accruing a maximum pension as provided for by or under any enactment or public service pension scheme, any restriction on reckoning for superannuation purposes of service rendered to a public service body after a person reaches a specified age shall, in the case of a relevant public servant, be read as applying only to service rendered by that person to that body after the age of 70 years or, where a higher age is prescribed by order under section 3A(2), that higher age, subject to any extension provided for in a public service pension scheme made, approved or consented to by the Minister for Education and Skills, with the consent of the Minister.”.