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S.I. No. 321/1985 - Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) Pension Fund For Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) (No. 2) Order, 1985.

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  1. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (IRELAND) PENSION FUND FOR WAGES STAFF (AMENDMENT) SCHEME (CONFIRMATION) (NO. 2) ORDER,
  2. I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise

the powers conferred on me by section 44

the Transport Act, 1950 (No. 12

1950), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40

1983), hereby, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service, order as follows:

  1. This Order may be cited as the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) Pension Fund for Wages Staff (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) (No. 2) Order,
  2. In this Order "the amending Scheme" means the scheme amending the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) Pension Fund for Wages Staff prepared by Córas Iompair Éireann and submitted to the Minister for Communications under section 44

the Transport Act, 1950 (No. 12

1950), and set out in the Schedule to this Order.

  1. The amending Scheme is hereby confirmed and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the operative date specified in the Schedule to this Order. SCHEDULE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (IRELAND) PENSION FUND FOR WAGES STAFF (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1985
  2. Definitions: In this amending Scheme "the existing Scheme" means the Pension Fund for Wages Staff mentioned in the Schedule to the Agreement scheduled to the Great Northern Railway Act, 1958 (No. 20

1958) as amended by amendment schemes confirmed by Statutory Instruments numbered 53

1962, 50

1965, 9

1967, 60

1969, 81

1971, 251

1974, 291

1977, 76

1980, 183

1982 and 290

1985. "Operative date" means the 1st day

March, 1985 for the implementation

Articles 5, 6, 7

(1)(iii), 8 and 9 hereof and the date

the Order confirming this amending Scheme for the implementation

Articles 7

(1)(i) and (ii), and 7
(2)hereof. 2.
(1)In this amending Scheme unless otherwise expressly stated words and expressions used shall have the meanings assigned to them by the existing Scheme.
(2)Wherever, in this amending Scheme, reference is made to a right to pension having accrued it is intended that such right accrues when the member, being then entitled to a Full Pension or a Reduced Pension, leaves the employment

the Board. 3. Continuation

the existing Scheme:

(1)The benefits provided by the existing Scheme shall continue to be paid or be payable under and in accordance with the terms thereof and without alteration to every former employee whose right to a pension

any kind accrued prior to the 1st

March, 1985 and to the personal representative

any deceased pensioner if the deceased's right to pension accrued prior to 1st

March, 1985.

(2)Nothing in this amending Scheme shall affect the rights

any

the persons mentioned in the previous sub-article, nor shall this amending Scheme affect any subsisting right accrued to or liability incurred by any person under the existing Scheme prior to 1st

March,

  1. Amendment

the existing Scheme:

(1)Subject to the provisions

Article 3

this amending Scheme, the existing Scheme shall be amended so as to conform to the provisions hereinafter contained, and every provision

the existing Scheme which is inconsistent with the provisions hereinafter contained shall cease to have effect.

(2)The increased contributions and benefits provided for by this amending Scheme are, where applicable, in substitution for the corresponding contributions and benefits provided for by the existing Scheme. 5. Rate

Contribution: The Tables

Rates

Contributions in Article 4

the Schedule to Statutory Instrument No. 291

1977 shall be deleted and the following Table substituted therefor:— Basic Weekly Wage Member's Weekly Contribution £ £ Not exceeding85.00 2.07 Not exceeding90.00 2.22 Not exceeding95.00 2.37 Not exceeding100.00 2.52 Not exceeding105.00 2.67 Not exceeding110.00 2.82 Not exceeding115.00 2.97 Not exceeding120.00 3.12 Not exceeding125.00 3.27 Not exceeding130.00 3.42 Not exceeding135.00 3.57 Not exceeding140.00 3.72 Not exceeding145.00 3.87 Not exceeding150.00 4.02 Not exceeding155.00 4.17 Not exceeding160.00 4.32 Not exceeding165.00 4.47 Not exceeding170.00 4.62 Exceeding 170.00 4.77 6. Full Pension: The full pensions (including alternative full pension) and the total payments set out in Table A hereunder shall be substituted for the like pensions and total payments set out in Table A

the existing Scheme as inserted by Article 5

the Schedule to Statutory Instrument No. 291

1977 in respect

any pension the right to which accrues on or after the operative date. TABLE A Basic Weekly Wage Weekly Pensions Total Payments For Life Alternative Rate For 5 Years (Age 65 to 70) Thereafter for Life

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)£ £ £ £ £ MALE MEMBERS Not exceeding 85.00 16.50 16.93 16.18 4,290.00 Not exceeding 90.00 17.50 17.93 17.18 4,550.00 Not exceeding 95.00 18.50 18.93 18.18 4,810.00 Not exceeding 100.00 19.50 19.93 19.18 5,070.00 Not exceeding 105.00 20.50 20.93 20.18 5,330.00 Not exceeding 110.00 21.50 21.93 21.18 5,590.00 Not exceeding 115.00 22.50 22.93 22.18 5,850.00 Not exceeding 120.00 23.50 23.93 23.18 6,110.00 Not exceeding 125.00 24.50 24.93 24.18 6,370.00 Not exceeding 130.00 25.50 25.93 25.18 6,630.00 Not exceeding 135.00 26.50 26.93 26.18 6,890.00 Not exceeding 140.00 27.50 27.93 27.18 7,150.00 Not exceeding 145.00 28.50 28.93 28.18 7,410.00 Not exceeding 150.00 29.50 29.93 29.18 7,670.00 Not exceeding 155.00 30.50 30.93 30.18 7,930.00 Not exceeding 160.00 31.50 31.93 31.18 8,190.00 Not exceeding 165.00 32.50 32.93 32.18 8,450.00 Not exceeding 170.00 33.50 33.93 33.18 8,710.00 Exceeding 170.00 34.50 34.93 34.18 8,970.00 For 10 years (Age 60 to 70) Thereafter for Life FEMALE MEMBERS Not exceeding 85.00 11.07 11.22 10.85 2,878.00 Not exceeding 90.00 11.75 11.90 11.53 3,055.00 Not exceeding 95.00 12.42 12.57 12.20 3,229.00 Not exceeding 100.00 13.10 13.25 12.88 3,406.00 Not exceeding 105.00 13.77 13.92 13.55 3,580.00 Not exceeding 110.00 14.45 14.60 14.23 3,757.00 Not exceeding 115.00 15.12 15.27 14.90 3,931.00 Not exceeding 120.00 15.80 15.95 15.58 4,108.00 Not exceeding 125.00 16.47 16.62 16.25 4,282.00 Not exceeding 130.00 17.15 17.30 16.93 4,459.00 Not exceeding 135.00 17.82 17.97 17.60 4,633.00 Not exceeding 140.00 18.50 18.65 18.28 4,810.00 Not exceeding 145.00 19.17 19.32 18.95 4,984.00 Not exceeding 150.00 19.85 20.00 19.63 5,161.00 Not exceeding 155.00 20.52 20.67 20.30 5,335.00 Not exceeding 160.00 21.20 21.35 20.98 5,512.00 Not exceeding 165.00 21.87 22.02 21.65 5,686.00 Not exceeding 170.00 22.55 22.70 22.33 5,863.00 Exceeding 170.00 23.22 23.37 23.00 6,037.00 7. Reduced Pension:
(1)Sub-article
(1)

Article 9

the Schedule to S.I. No. 53

1962 shall be amended in the following manner: (

  1. i)the words "twenty years" shall be deleted and the words "ten years" substituted therefor; (
  2. ii)the words "at any time within ten years

reaching the normal age

retirement" shall be deleted together with the punctuation marks preceding and following the same; (iii) the words "calculated as follows" and paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be deleted and replaced by "calculated in accordance with Article 5

the Schedule to Statutory Instrument No. 50

1965 .".

(2)If a member

this Scheme, being currently absent from duty on account

illness on the operative date, so elects and the Board at its discretion so agrees, sub-article

(1)

Article 9

the Schedule to S.I. No. 53

1962 in its application to him during and upon the termination

his said absence from duty shall be unaffected by this amending Scheme. 8. Death

Employee: Article 11A introduced by Statutory Instrument No. 9

1967 shall be deleted and the following substituted:— "11A. Death

Employee: If a member dies while in the service

the Board and before retiring on pension, a lump sum shall be paid to his personal representative calculated at 52 times the basic weekly wage

which the member was in receipt at the date

his death or immediately prior to the commencement

sickness benefit as the case may be. The said lump sum shall be reduced by the amount

any mortality grant paid or payable out

the Board's Welfare Scheme for Regular Wages Staff and the member's contributions to the Fund shall not be returned.". 9. Refund

Contributions: In sub-article

(1)

Article 11

the Schedule to Statutory Instrument No. 53

1962 the words "or due to his death in service" shall be inserted after the words "in accordance with Article 10". GIVEN under my

ficial Seal, this 30th day

September, 1985. JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications. EXPLANATORY NOTE. The purpose

the Order is to confirm a scheme to amend the existing pension scheme so as to provide for increased pensions and improved benefits for certain members

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