S.I. No. 346/1982 - Coras Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme (Amendment) Scheme, 1982 (Confirmation) (No. 2) Order, 1982.

1. This Order may be cited as the Coras Iompair Éireann Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme (Amendment) Scheme, 1982 (Confirmation) (No. 2) Order, 1982.

2. In this amending Scheme unless otherwise expressly stated words and expressions used shall have the meanings assigned them by the existing Scheme.

3.

Amendment of the Existing Scheme

The existing Scheme shall be amended with effect on and from the operative date so as to conform to the provisions hereinafter contained and every provision of the existing Scheme which is inconsistent with the provisions hereinafter contained shall cease to have effect.

4. Clause (5) of Rule 10 of the existing Scheme shall be deleted and the following Clause (5) shall be substituted therefor:—

"(5) (i) The following modifications shall be made in this Scheme in its application to a particular female member, that is to say:-

(

a

) the expression "55 years" shall be substituted for "60 years" wherever it occurs;

(

b

) for the Table contained in Rule 16 there shall be substituted the Table set forth in Rule 25;

(

c

) each of the ages mentioned in sub-paragraphs (

a

) and (

b

) of Clause (8) and in Clause (9) of Rule 23 shall be reduced by 5 years.

(ii) Except in matters affected by the age of a particular female member the provisions of this Scheme shall be applied in the case of a female member in the same manner as they are applied in the case of any other member and notwithstanding Clause (2) (

c

) of Rule 2 and for greater certainty it is declared that the expression "wife", "widow" and "widower" where the same appear shall mean a spouse or deceased spouse of either sex as the case may be."

5. Delete the word "male" where the same appears in Paragraph (

a

) of Clause (3) of Rule 23.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of December 1982.

JOHN P. WILSON

Minister for Transport

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of the scheme is to provide for the bringing into line of the retiring ages of female members with those of male members and for the application of the provisions of the scheme equally to male and female members.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Rule 54(2) of the Coras Iompair Éireann Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme and

section 44

of the

Transport Act, 1950

(No. 12 of 1950), as adapted by the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 (

S.I. No. 11 of 1980

), hereby, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service, order as follows