S.I. No. 57/1987 - Córas Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1987.

1. This order may be cited as the Coras Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1987.

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

3. The amending Scheme is hereby confirmed and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 17th day of January, 1987.

SCHEDULE

CORAS IOMPAIR ÉIREANN, SALARIED OFFICERS' AND CLERKS' (G.S.R.) SUPERANNUATION SCHEME (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1987

1.

Interpretation

In this amending Scheme the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them unless there is something inconsistent in the subject matter or the context repugnant to such construction

"the existing Scheme" means the Coras Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme as scheduled to the

Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act, 1947

(No. 21 of 1947), as subsequently amended by the amending Schemes confirmed by Statutory Instruments numbered 220 of 1963, 76 of 1971, 253 of 1974, 46 of 1977, 127 of 1981, 246 of 1982, 346 of 1982, and 286 of 1985.

"The operative date" means the 17th day of January, 1987.

4. Rule 14 (4) (

a

) (ii), as amended by

S.I. No. 286 of 1985

, of the existing Scheme is hereby amended by the substitution of "the 17th day of January 1988" for "the 17th day of January, 1987".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of March, 1987.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of the Scheme is to provide for the reduction, under certain conditions, of the retiring ages/service requirement prescribed in the existing Scheme, to allow for voluntary early retirement on redundancy.

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 44

of the

Transport Act, 1950

(No. 12 of 1950), and the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983

(No. 40 of 1983), hereby, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service, order as follows