Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

Reckoning of unestablished service in certain cases.

17.—(1) Where—

(a) the established service of a person falls to be determined under section 12 or section 13 of the Superannuation Act, 1936 , and

(b) the date from which the person's established service is deemed to have commenced is later than the date of his first admission to a civil service which is, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Superannuation Act, 1936 , a civil service to which re-instatement under that Act applies,

the intervening period between the two dates shall, if the Minister in his discretion so directs and to such extent and subject to such conditions as he decides, be reckoned as a period of unestablished service and the person shall be deemed to have been paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas within the meaning of section 17 of the Superannuation Act, 1859 , during the period so reckoned.

(2) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, give a direction pursuant to subsection (1) of this section in respect of the service of a person who retired from an established position before the passing of this Act and who was alive on such passing and—

(a) the direction shall have effect as from such date before such passing as the Minister appoints,

(b) any superannuation allowance or additional allowance payable to the person on or after the date so appointed shall be adjusted or varied accordingly, and

(c) the person shall be deemed to have been paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas within the meaning of section 17 of the Superannuation Act, 1859 , during the period to be reckoned in accordance with the direction.