Number 4/1948: LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUPERANNUATION) ACT, 1948

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Number 4 of 1948.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUPERANNUATION) ACT, 1948.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Laying of regulations before Oireachtas.
4.	Commencement of Part II.
5.	Commencement of Part III.
6.	Expenses of the Minister.
7.	Repeals.

Part II.

Established Officers.

8.	Register of established officers.
9.	Record in the register of salaries, emoluments, and offices.
10.	Removal from the register of person ceasing to be pensionable officer.
11.	Notification to local authority of cesser of office under another local authority.
12.	Certain existing enactments not to apply to established officer.
13.	General limitations on service to be reckoned by established officer.
14.	Service as established officer.
15.	Service of established officer as mental hospital officer or servant.
16.	Service of established officer under harbour authority.
17.	Service as school teacher.
18.	Service in the civil service.
19.	Service as pensionable servant.
20.	Pensionable local service of established officer.
21.	Addition of years to pensionable local service of established officer.
22.	Service of established officer at termination of office.
23.	Grant of lump sum and allowance to established officer on his ceasing to hold office.
24.	Determination of lump sum granted to established officer.
25.	Determination of allowance granted to established officer.
26.	Reduction of lump sum and allowance of established officer for unsatisfactory service.
27.	Grant of short service gratuity to established officer.
28.	Grant of gratuity to legal personal representative of deceased established officer.
29.	Grant of gratuity to legal personal representative of deceased grantee under section 23.
30.	Grant of gratuity to female established officer on marriage.
31.	Contributions by established officers.
32.	Return of contributions to established officer.
33.	Repayment of returned contributions.
34.	Meaning of salary.
35.	Calculation of pensionable remuneration of established officer.
36.	Transitional provision with respect to service in the teaching of the Irish language.
37.	General transitional provisions for Part II.

Part III.

Established Servants

38.	Register of established servants.
39.	Record in the register of wages and emoluments.
40.	Removal from the register of person ceasing to be permanent servant, etc.
41.	Certain existing enactments not to apply to established servant.
42.	General limitations on service to be reckoned by established servant.
43.	Service as established servant.
44.	Service under other local authority.
45.	Service of established servant as mental hospital officer or servant.
46.	Service of established servant under harbour authority.
47.	Reckoning as service period of absence on duty as member of Reserve Force of the Defence Forces.
48.	Pensionable local service of established servant.
49.	Grant of allowance to established servant on his ceasing to hold employment.
50.	Determination of allowance granted to established servant.
51.	Reduction of allowance of established servant for unsatisfactory service.
52.	Grant of short service gratuity to established servant.
53.	Grant of gratuity to legal personal representative of deceased established servant.
54.	Grant of gratuity to legal personal representative of deceased grantee under section 49.
55.	Grant of gratuity to female established servant on marriage.
56.	Contributions by established servants.
57.	Return of contributions of established servant.
58.	Meaning of wages.
59.	Calculation of pensionable remuneration of established servant.
60.	Alteration of maximum number of permanent servants.
61.	Provisions with respect to certain absences from employment.
62.	Age limits for established servants.
63.	Transitional provisions for Part III.

Part IV.

Miscellaneous.

64.	Local authority by whom payment is to be made.
65.	Recovery of payment by Minister of State.
66.	Refund in respect of service under another authority.
67.	Variation of part of allowance granted to established officer or servant in receipt of bonus.
68.	Cancellation of allowance on conviction of offence.
69.	Ascertainment of continuance of infirmity.
70.	Determination by the Minister of certain doubts, etc.
71.	Regulations specifying classes of fire brigade officers and servants.
72.	Regulations permitting reckoning by officer of vocational education committee of service as teacher.
73.	Appeals to the Minister.
74.	Area of charge of payment of local authority.
75.	Suspension or reduction of allowance on reappointment of recipient.
76.	Assignment of allowance, etc.
77.	Gratuity or allowance in case of injury.
78.	Particulars of benefits in advance of retirement.
79.	Increase of allowance in certain cases.
80.	General provision as to allowance being for life.
81.	Age limits for officers and servants of Dublin Fever Hospital Board and Cork Fever Hospital Board.
82.	Officer of local authority becoming civil servant.
83.	Civil servant becoming officer of local authority.
84.	Special provisions for certain cases.
85.	Preservation of continuity of service of servants of Limerick Corporation.
86.	Validation of certain superannuation allowances granted by Cork Corporation.
87.	Meaning of pensionable officer in Part IV of Act of 1925.
88.	Application of Part IV of the Act of 1925 to certain permanent servants.
89.	Reckoning of service in the civil service in certain cases.
90.	Reckoning of service as school teacher in certain cases.
91.	Reckoning of service under harbour authority in certain cases.
92.	Allowances under Part IV of the Act of 1925 to officers in receipt of cost of living bonus.
93.	Allowances and gratuities under Part IV of Act of 1925 without consent of Minister.

SCHEDULE

Acts Reffered to
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925
Superannuation Act, 1936	No. 39 of 1936
Fire Brigades Act, 1940	No. 7 of 1940
Harbours Act, 1946	No. 9 of 1946
Mental Treatment Act, 1945	No. 19 of 1945
Local Government Act, 1941	No. 23 of 1941
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944	No. 3 of 1944
Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1944	No. 9 of 1944
Vocational Education Act, 1930	No. 29 of 1930
Public Assistance Act, 1939	No. 27 of 1939

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Number 4 of 1948.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUPERANNUATION) ACT, 1948.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SUPERANNUATION AND COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR OFFICERS AND SERVANTS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [14th January, 1948.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—