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S.I. No. 97/1998 - Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme (Additional Allowances) (Deduction of Contributions) Regulations, 1998

S.I. No. 97/1998 - Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme (Additional Allowances) (Deduction of Contributions) Regulations, 1998 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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(3)of section 6A (inserted by section 5 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 12 of 1960), and amended by section 10 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 5 of 1998)) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (No. 34 of 1938), hereby make the following regulations:
  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme (Additional Allowances) (Deduction of Contributions) Regulations,
  3. In these Regulations— "additional allowance", in relation to a member of either House of the Oireachtas, means an allowance payable to the member pursuant to section 3, 4 or 5, as may be appropriate, of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 5 of 1998); "the Fund" means the fund referred to in Clause 2 of the Scheme; "the Scheme" means the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme within the meaning of section 1 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No. 3 of 1992), as amended by the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1992 ( S.I. No. 300 of 1992 ), the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1992 ( S.I. No. 354 of 1992 ), the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1993 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1993 ), the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1997 ( S.I. No. 212 of 1997 ), and the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1998 ( S.I. No. 75 of 1998 ); "the Trustees" means the trustees referred to in Clause 3 of the Scheme.
  4. The Minister for Finance shall, from every payment of an additional allowance to a member of either House of the Oireachtas, make a deduction equal to 6 per cent of the gross amount of the payment, and the amount so deducted shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, be transferred to the account of the Trustees.
  5. Each deduction referred to in Regulation 3 of these Regulations shall, on being so transferred, be regarded for the purposes of the Scheme as a contribution that the member concerned has made to the Fund on the day on which the payment from which the deduction was made became due.
  6. The Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme (Additional Allowances) (Deduction of Contributions) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1994 ), are hereby revoked. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of April,
  7. CHARLIE McCREEVY, Minister for Finance. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Regulation provides for the deduction of pension contributions from allowances paid to members of the Oireachtas under section 3 , 4 and 5 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 5 of 1998). Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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