S.I. No. 160/2012 - Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 2012.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 2012.

(2) The Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 2011 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 2012.

2. The organisations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby designated as approved organisations for the purposes of

Section 4

of the

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

(No. 24 of 1963).

SCHEDULE

National Transport Authority

Road Safety Authority

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 May 2012.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

Section 4

of the

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

provides for the transfer of pensionable service in the case of staff transfers between the Civil Service and “approved organisations”, and between one “approved organisation” and another. These regulations designate the organisations set out in the schedule as “approved organisations”.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

25

th May

, 2012.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

Section 4

(1) of the

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

(No. 24 of 1963), and

Section 9

of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2011

(No. 10 of 2011), hereby make the following Regulations