Public Service Pay Act 2021
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Number 15 of 2021  | ||
PUBLIC SERVICE PAY ACT 2021  | ||
CONTENTS  | ||
Section  | ||
4. Amendment of section 16A of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011  | ||
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 Acts Referred to  | ||
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 (No. 41)  | ||
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Number 15 of 2021  | ||
PUBLIC SERVICE PAY ACT 2021  | ||
An Act to provide for the adjustment of the restrictions, contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 , on increasing the remuneration payable to public servants and for that purpose to amend that Act and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 ; and to provide for related matters.  | ||
[5th July, 2021]  | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:  | ||
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 Definition  | ||
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 1. In this Act, “Act of 2009” means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 .  | ||
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 Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2009  | ||
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 2. Section 4 of the Act of 2009 is amended—  | ||
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):  | ||
“(2) An amendment of a relevant provision amended by section 2 or 2A that would have the effect of increasing the remuneration payable to a public servant may only be made, and shall have such effect—  | ||
(a) where—  | ||
(i) the amendment is made by the Minister, including where it is made for a purpose referred to in paragraph (b), and  | ||
(ii) the relevant provision is not—  | ||
(I) a provision of an Act of the Oireachtas, or  | ||
(II) a relevant provision that is made under an Act of the Oireachtas, save where that relevant provision is so made by the Minister,  | ||
or  | ||
(b) where—  | ||
(i) the amendment is made by a person (other than the Minister)—  | ||
(I) for the purposes of complying with any order of a court in respect of which there is no stay in being, or  | ||
(II) for the purposes of complying with any enforceable determination of the Labour Court in respect of which there is no stay in being,  | ||
and  | ||
(ii) the relevant provision is not—  | ||
(I) a provision of an Act of the Oireachtas, or  | ||
(II) a relevant provision that is made under an Act of the Oireachtas, save where that relevant provision is so made by the person first-mentioned in subparagraph (i).”,  | ||
and  | ||
(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “subsection (2)(b)(i)” for “subsection (2)”.  | ||
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 Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2009  | ||
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 3. Section 5 of the Act of 2009 is amended, in subsection (2), by the insertion of “, in respect of a period falling between 1 January 2010 and the date on which the Public Service Pay Act 2021 comes into operation,” after “pays remuneration to a public servant”.  | ||
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 Amendment of section 16A of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011  | ||
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 4. Section 16A of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 is amended—  | ||
(a) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (10A), this section” for “This section”, and  | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (10):  | ||
“(10A) Where a contract of employment is amended in accordance with section 4 (2) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 —  | ||
(a) by the amendment or substitution of an existing term or condition of the contract, or  | ||
(b) by the insertion of a new term or condition in the contract,  | ||
this section shall not apply to the term or condition as so amended, substituted or inserted, as the case may be.”.  | ||
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 Short title  | ||
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 5. This Act may be cited as the Public Service Pay Act 2021.  | 
                			