Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme, 1998.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Scheme may be cited as the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme, 1998.
2 Commencement.
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paragraphs: (1) Part I shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of March 1956.
(b)Articles 5 to 28 of Chapter 2 of Part II shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1956.
(c) (i) Articles 29 to 47 of Chapter 2 of Part II shall be deemed to have come into force in relation to a local authority on the date Part III of the Act of 1956 came into operation in relation to them, that is to say—
(I) in relation to a local authority who passed a resolution under section 5 of the Act of 1948 — on the 1st day of April, 1956,
(II) in relation to a mental hospital authority — on the 1st day of April, 1961,
(III) in relation to a local authority not being a local authority referred to in clause (I) or a mental hospital authority, who passed a resolution under section 5 of the Act of 1956 — on the date specified in the resolution,
(IV) in any other case — on the 1st day of January, 1984.
(ii) In relation to the period ending on the 31st day of December, 1983, a reference in articles 29 to 47 of Chapter 2 of Part II to a local authority does not include a reference to any local authority in relation to whom those articles had not come into operation save where the reference is in relation to service as an officer.
(iii) The commencement of articles 29 to 47 of Chapter 2 of Part II in relation to a local authority shall not have the effect of applying section 53 of the Act of 1925 to such local authority.
(d) Articles 48 to 59 of Chapter 2 of Part II shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of March, 1956.
(3) Chapter 3 of Part II shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of May, 1977.
(4) Chapter 1 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd day of July, 1968.
(5) Chapter 2 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of May, 1977.
(6) Chapter 3 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of October, 1969.
(7) Chapter 4 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of May, 1977.
(8) Chapter 5 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of September, 1984.
(9) Chapter 6 of Part III shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of September, 1984.
(10) Part IV shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of June, 1973.
(11) Chapter 1 of Part V shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of May, 1977.
(12) Chapter 2 of Part V shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of July, 1990.
(13) Part VI shall be deemed to have come into force on the 17th day of July, 1987.
(14) Part VII shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of March, 1956.
3 Interpretation generally.
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paragraphs: (1) In this Scheme—
(a) in case the local authority in question are a vocational education committee, the Minister for Education,
(b) in case the local authority in question are a committee of agriculture, the Minister for Agriculture, in respect of the period beginning on the 1st day of April 1956 and ending on the 30th day of June, 1980,
(c) in any other case, the Minister;
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, means, subject to article 156, a gratuity under article 18,
(b) in relation to a pensionable servant, means, subject to article 169, a gratuity under article 39,
(c) in relation to a registered officer, means a gratuity under article 74, and
(d) in relation to a registered employee, means a gratuity under article 98;
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, means a lump sum under article 14,
(b) in relation to a registered officer, means a lump sum under article 70, and
(c) in relation to a registered employee, means a lump sum under article 94;
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, means a gratuity under article 20,
(b) in relation to a pensionable servant, means a gratuity under article 41,
(c) in relation to a registered officer, means a gratuity under article 76, and
(d) in relation to a registered employee, means a gratuity under article 100;
(a) a registered employee or, for the purposes of article 169(3)(a), a pensionable servant exceeds twice the personal weekly rate of old age contributory pension payable on his or her last service day, or
(b) a registered officer exceeds twice the annual equivalent of the personal weekly rate of old age contributory pension payable on the date he or she ceases to hold office;
(a) a person holding any of the offices mentioned in section 17 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941), or
(b) a person referred to in article 3(2) of the Vocational Education Superannuation Schemes (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1998 ( S.I. No. 362 of 1998 );
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, means, subject to article 156, an allowance under article 15,
(b) in relation to a pensionable servant means, subject to article 169, an allowance under article 36,
(c) in relation to a registered officer, means an allowance under article 71, and
(d) in relation to a registered employee, means an allowance under article 95;
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, has, subject to article 156, the meaning assigned to it in articles 10 and 235,
(b) in relation to a pensionable servant, has, subject to article 169, the meaning assigned to it in articles 34 and 235,
(c) in relation to a registered officer, has, subject to articles 236, 248 and 260, the meaning assigned to it in articles 65, 235, 241(2) and 253(2), and
(d) in relation to a registered employee, has, subject to articles 236, 248 and 260 the meaning assigned to it in articles 90, 235, 241(2) and 253(2);
(a) in relation to a pensionable officer, has, subject to article 156, the meaning assigned to it in article 27,
(b) in relation to a pensionable servant, has, subject to article 169, the meaning assigned to it in article 46,
(c) in relation to a registered officer, has the meaning assigned to it in article 84, and
(d) in relation to a registered employee, has the meaning assigned to it in article 106;