Local, Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948

Service of established officer as mental hospital officer or servant.

15.—(1) An established officer shall be entitled to reckon as service—

(a) any period of two years or more during which he was a mental hospital officer or servant and which he was entitled to reckon as service for the purposes of Part VIII of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945), or any earlier enactment corresponding to the said Part VIII, and

(b) any period of less than two years during which he was a mental hospital officer or servant, which he was entitled to reckon as service for the purposes of Part VIII of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945), or any earlier enactment corresponding to the said Part VIII and at the termination of which he resigned from his office or relinquished his employment with the written sanction of the mental hospital authority under whom he held his office or employment and with the consent of the Minister for Health,

unless, if contributions were made by him during the period for the purposes of the said Part VIII or the said earlier enactment, those contributions have been paid back to him and have not been returned by him.

(2) Section 91 of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , shall not apply in relation to an established officer.