S.I. No. 31/1989 - Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme For Regular Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1989.

1. This Order may be cited as the Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 1989.

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, 1988.

SCHEDULE.

CÓRAS IOMPAIR ÉIREANN PENSION SCHEME FOR REGULAR WAGES STAFF (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1989.

1.

Definitions

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

"the existing Scheme" means the Córas Iompair Éireann Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff confirmed by

S.R. & O. No. 242 of 1945

and subsequently amended by amending Schemes confirmed by Statutory Instruments numbered 115 of 1949, 34 of 1955, 226 of 1957, 56 of 1961, 48 of 1965, 7 of 1967, 58 of 1969, 77 of 1971, 252 of 1974, 288 of 1977, 74 of 1980, 181 of 1982, 132 of 1985, 288 of 1985, 319 of 1985, 55 of 1987, 117 of 1988 and 258 of 1988.

"the operative date" means the 17th day of January, 1988.

4. Article 9 (3) of the Schedule to

S.I. No. 226 of 1957

as inserted by

S.I. No. 288 of 1985

and as subsequently amended by

S.I. No. 55 of 1987

is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraphs (

a

) and (

b

) of "before the 17th day of January, 1989" for "before the 17th day of January, 1988".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of February, 1989.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Minister for Tourism and

Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Tourism and Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 44

of the

Transport Act, 1950

(No. 12 of 1950) and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 92 of 1987

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