20. (1) In this section, references to the relevant restoration enjoyed by a public servant and the relevant date shall be construed in accordance with section 19(1).

(2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 21, this section shall apply to a public servant in a case in which the relevant restoration enjoyed by the public servant is such that the annualised amount of his or her basic salary, on the relevant date, is more than €150,000.

(3) However where the relevant restoration enjoyed by a public servant is such that the annualised amount of his or her basic salary, on the relevant date, is equal to or exceeds the amount at which it stood immediately before the enactment of section 2 of the No. 2 Act of 2009, then this section shall not apply to the public servant.

(4) Where this section applies to a public servant, the Minister shall, by order, provide that, on and from a date specified in the order, the annualised amount of the public servant’s basic salary shall stand at the amount at which it stood immediately before the enactment of section 2 of the No. 2 Act of 2009; with respect to a covered public servant and a non-covered public servant a different day may be specified in such an order on which the annualised amount of his or her basic salary is to stand at the foregoing amount.

(5) The date specified in an order under subsection (4) with respect to—

(a) the matter referred to in that subsection as it relates to a covered public servant, shall be a date that falls after 1 October 2020 but does not fall later than 1 July 2022, and

(b) the matter referred to in that subsection as it relates to a non-covered public servant, shall be a date that falls after 1 July 2021 but does not fall later than 1 July 2022.