Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010

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Calculation of public service pension not affected.

F22[3.— Nothing in section 2 or 2A shall affect the calculation of any public service pension entitlement (including an entitlement to a lump sum and an entitlement to periodic payments of pension or other benefits) of a person who—

(a) in the case of section 2, is a pensioner or becomes a pensioner on or at any time before the relevant date or, in the case of a pensioner falling under paragraph (c) of the definition of “pensioner” in section 1, at any time after that date; and

(b) in the case of section 2A, falls within the definition of "relevant (post 29 February 2012) pensioner" in that section.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F22

Substituted (5.06.2013) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (18/2013), s. 6(3), commenced on enactment.

Modifications (not altering text):

C4

Application of section modified (1.02.2016) by Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), s. 30, S.I. No. 41 of 2016.

Application of sections 2 and 2A of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010

30. (1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 2, 2A, 3, 5 and 6 of the Act of 2010 shall, subject to any necessary modifications, apply to a person who, after the relevant date within the meaning of that Act, becomes entitled to payment of superannuation benefits under a scheme made under section 28, in the same manner as it applies to a pensioner within the meaning of that Act.

(2) Subsection (3) of section 2A (inserted by section 5 (5) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 ) of the Act of 2010 shall apply to a person who, not later than—

(a) 31 August 2014, or

(b) such other date as may be specified in accordance with section 9 (1)(b)(ii) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013,

becomes entitled to payment of superannuation benefits under a scheme made under section 28 —

(i) the aggregate of which exceeds €32,500 a year, or

(ii) the aggregate of which when added to any public service pension within the meaning of the Act of 2010 to which the person is also entitled exceeds €32,500 a year,

and, for that purpose, references in that subsection to relevant (post 29 February 2012) pensioner shall be construed as including references to such a person.

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