13.—F12[(1)] Except where otherwise provided for by this Act and subject to accruing a maximum pension as provided for as of 31 March 2004 by or under any enactment or public service pension scheme, any restriction on reckoning of service for superannuation purposes after a person reaches a specified age shall not apply to a new entrant.

F12[(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to—

(a) a person who is appointed as a member of the Garda Síochána,

(b) a specified fire brigade employee,

(c) a member of the Permanent Defence Force, or

(d) a prison officer (within the meaning of section 26 of the Act of 2012).]