Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act, 1947

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GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAYS COMPANY (SUPERANNUATION SCHEME) ACT, 1947.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section

Section 1

Short Title.

Section 2

Definitions.

Section 3

Reimbursement of Corporation's expenses of promoting the proposed British Bill.

Section 4

Commencement of Part II.

PART II.

Confirmation of new Superannuation Scheme and Provisions in relation to Sections C and D of the old Fund.

Section 5

The operative date.

Section 6

Confirmation of the new superannuation scheme.

Section 7

Expenses of transfer of assets of Sections C and D of the old Fund.

Section 8

Liability of Company to pay benefits to the extent to which the new Fund is insufficient.

Section 9

Amendment of section 45 of the Transport Act, 1944.

Section 10

Provisions in relation to Sections C and D of the old Fund.

SCHEDULE.

The New Superannuation Scheme Acts Referred to Transport Act, 1944 No. 21 of 1944 Number 21 of 1947.

GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAYS COMPANY (SUPERANNUATION SCHEME) ACT, 1947.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHEME FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES FOR OR IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE FORMER GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAYS COMPANY SOME OF WHOM ARE OR ARE ENTITLED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE FUND OF THE RAILWAY CLEARING SYSTEM SUPERANNUATION FUND CORPORATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [19th July, 1947.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short Title.

1.—This Act may be cited as the Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act, 1947.

Definitions.

2.—In this Act— the expression “the Company” means Córas Iompair Éireann; the expression “the Corporation” means the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation; the expression “the new Fund” means the Fund established by the new superannuation scheme; the expression “the new superannuation scheme” means the scheme, a copy whereof is set out in the Schedule to this Act; the expression “the old Fund” means the Fund of the Corporation; the expression “the proposed British Bill” means a Bill, proposed to be promoted by the Corporation in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, providing (amongst other matters) for the transfer to the trustees of the new Fund of all the assets of the Corporation comprised in Section C and Section D of the old Fund, less the sum of £751 16s. 10d. (seven hundred and fifty-one pounds, sixteen shillings and ten pence), being an amount bearing the same proportion of the total expenses borne by the Corporation in connection with the re-organisation of the old Fund under the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Act, 1941, as the membership (contributing and superannuated members) relating to the former Great Southern Railways Company bore to the total membership (contributing and superannuated members) of the old Fund as at the 30th day of June, 1941.

Reimbursement of Corporation's expenses of promoting the proposed British Bill.

3.—The Company shall pay to the Corporation a sum equal to the costs and expenses incurred by the Corporation in connection with the proposed British Bill, whether the said Bill is enacted or not.

Commencement of Part II.

4.—(1)

Part II

of this Act shall not come into operation unless and until the proposed British Bill has been enacted.

Part II

of this Act shall come into operation on the day which is three months after the date of the passing of this Act.

Part II

of this Act shall come into operation on the day which is three months after the date of the enactment of the proposed British Bill.

PART II.

Confirmation of new Superannuation Scheme and Provisions in relation to Sections C and D of the old Fund.

The operative date.

5.—In this Part, the expression “the operative date” means the date on which this Part comes into operation.

Confirmation of the new superannuation scheme.

6.—(1) The new superannuation scheme is hereby confirmed and given the force of law.

Expenses of transfer of assets of Sections C and D of the old Fund.

7.—The Company shall bear the expenses incidental to and in connection with the transfer to the trustees of the new Fund of the assets comprised in Section C and Section D of the old Fund.

Liability of Company to pay benefits to the extent to which the new Fund is insufficient.

8.—In the event of the new Fund being at any time insufficient to provide for the payment of any benefits immediately payable under the new superannuation scheme, the Company shall pay the said benefits to the extent to which the new Fund is insufficient to provide for the payment thereof.

Amendment of section 45 of the Transport Act, 1944.

9.—(1) In this section, the expression “the Act of 1944” means the Transport Act, 1944 (No. 21 of 1944).

Provisions in relation to Sections C and D of the old Fund.

10.—(1) In this section— the expression “the transferred members” means the persons who, immediately before the operative date, are contributing or superannuated members of Section C or Section D of the old Fund, the expression “the existing liabilities of the Corporation” means any sum, being either— (a) a sum which accrued due before the operative date on foot of any periodical payment payable under the Rules of the Corporation to or in respect of a transferred member and which has not been paid, (b) any other sum which became due before the operative date under the Rules of the Corporation to or in respect of a transferred member and which has not been paid; the expression “the contingent liabilities of the Corporation” means any sum which, but for this section, would under the Rules of the Corporation become due on or after the operative date to or in respect of a transferred member, and includes any liability under Rule 6 of the Supplemental Rules contained in the Second Schedule to the Rules made under the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Acts, 1873 to 1914.

SCHEDULE.

The new Superannuation Scheme.

Sections 2 and 6 .

Name of scheme and situation of offices. l.—The name of this scheme is the “Córas Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers' and Clerks' (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme” and the offices of the scheme shall be in Dublin.

Definitions.

2.—(1) In this scheme the following expressions have the respective meanings assigned to them in this rule unless there is something inconsistent in the subject matter or the context:— “the company” means Córas Iompair Éireann; “the directors” means the directors for the time being of the company; “the trustees” means the Transport Subsidiary Limited or other trustee or trustees for the time being of this scheme; “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; “the fund” means the fund established by this scheme; “salaried officer or clerk” means either: (a) an officer or servant (whether male or female) remunerated at a salary fixed at a rate per annum; or, (b) a person in any of the supervisory grades; or (c) a woman clerk in the service remunerated otherwise than at a salary fixed at a rate per annum; “the supervisory grades” means those grades so described in the various agreements between the Great Southern Railways Company and sundry trade unions regarding rates of pay and/or conditions of service; “the service” means the service of the company or of the Great Southern Railways Company in the capacity of salaried officer or clerk; “the old fund” means the fund of the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation; “contributing member” means a member other than a superannuated member either of the scheme or of section C or section D of the old fund; “superannuated member” means a member either of the scheme or of section C or section D of the old fund, who has become entitled to receive benefits thereunder; “the date of transfer” means the day on which sections C and D of the old fund are transferred to the trustees for the benefit of the fund; “pre-1913 member” means a member who became a contributing member before the first day of July, 1913; “1913–1941 member” means a member who became a contributing member after the thirtieth day of June, 1913, and before the 1st day of July, 1941; “post 1941 member” means a member who became a contributing member on or after the first day of July, 1941; “the committee” means the committee from time to time appointed under these rules; “the contributors' committee-men” means the members of the committee from time to time appointed by the contributing members; “the directors' committee-men” means the members of the committee from time to time appointed by the directors; “the auditors” means the two auditors of the fund mentioned in Rule 50 of this scheme; “the secretary” means the person for the time being holding the office of secretary of the committee;

“medical officer” means one of the medical officers of the company or a medical officer appointed by the committee; “general meeting” means a general meeting of the contributing members duly called and constituted and any adjournment thereof; “month” means calendar month.

Purpose of the fund.

3.—The fund is established for the purpose of providing annuities and other benefits for:— (a) persons who having been in the employment of the Great Southern Railways Company immediately before the 1st day of January, 1945, are in the service on the date of transfer or enter the service after that date, and (b) persons who immediately before the date of transfer are superannuated members.

Expenses.

4.—The trustees shall make provision for payment out of the fund of all costs charges and expenses properly incurred in administering the fund, the payment and discharge of which is not otherwise provided for by this scheme.

The Trustees.

5.—(1) The first trustee of this scheme shall be Transport Subsidiary Limited.

Constitution of the fund.

6.—(1) The fund shall be set up on the date of transfer.

Investment of the fund.

7.—(1) The fund shall be vested in the trustees and the trustees shall keep proper accounts of the fund which shall be audited as hereinafter provided.

8.—This scheme shall be administered by the committee.

Payments and receipts.

9.—(1) The trustees shall stand possessed of the fund, upon trust, out of the income thereof, and as far as may be necessary out of the capital to make provision (as mentioned in the next paragraph of this rule) for the benefits payable under this scheme.

Membership.

10.—(1) On the date of transfer all persons who are superannuated members shall become and be superannuated members of this scheme and all persons who are contributing members shall become and be contributing members of this scheme.

Contributions.

Section 11

11.—(1) Every contributing member (whether or not, in the case of a contributing member who immediately before the 1st day of July, 1941, was in the service, he exercises the option reserved to such members by paragraph (1) of Rule 15 to decline the benefits provided for in Rule 14) shall contribute a sum equal to such percentage of his salary as is provided for in the following scales, and in the case of a person who was a contributing member immediately before the day of transfer shall pay to the fund any amount by which his contributions in respect of his salary since the 1st day of July, 1941, have been less than they would have been if calculated in accordance with whichever of the said scales applies to him:— (a) for each pre-1913 member:— scale Age next birthday on first becoming a contributing member Percentage of salary 28 or under 4 29 to 33 4 ½ 34 to 37 5 38 to 40 5 ½ 41, 42 6 43 to 45 6 ½ (b) for each 1913–1941 member:— scale Age next birthday on first becoming a contributing member Percentage of salary 19 or under 4 20 to 24 4 ½ 25 to 29 5 30 to 33 5 ½ 34 to 37 6 38 to 40 6 ½ 41 to 43 7 44, 45 7 ½ (c) for each post 1941 member:— scale Age next birthday on first becoming a contributing member Percentage of salary 22 or under 5 23 to 25 5 ¼ 26 to 28 5 ½ 29 to 31 5 ¾ 32 to 34 6 35, 36 6 ¼ 37, 38 6 ½ 39, 40 6 ¾ 41, 42 7 43 7 ¼ 44, 45 7 ½

Salary for the purpose of this scheme.

Section 12

12.—For the purpose of calculating benefits under this scheme salary shall be deemed to be the sum on which contributions have been based.

Rights of superannuated members at date of transfer.

Section 13

13.—(1) Every person who was a superannuated member at the date of transfer shall subject to paragraph 2 of this rule be entitled to receive from the fund:— (a) the benefits and rights which they would have been entitled to from the old fund, and (b) the supplementary allowances (if any) which were granted to such persons by the company, or by the Great Southern Railways Company; but no other benefits.

Superannuation allowance.

Section 14

14.—(1) Every contributing member who has been such for ten years and upwards shall on attaining the age of sixty years or at any time thereafter provided he leaves the service be thereupon entitled to cease making contributions and be superannuated and shall be entitled to receive from the fund by way of superannuation allowance a capital sum and an annuity for life.

Section 15

15.—(1) Every contributing member who immediately before the first day of July, 1941, was in the service may exercise in the manner specified in paragraph (2) of this rule the option to decline the benefits provided for in Rule 14 and in lieu thereof may elect to receive from the fund benefits and a supplementary pension (if any) the same as those to which he would have become entitled in the circumstances and under the conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) of the said Rule 14, if he had continued to be a member of the old fund, and the Acts, rules and arrangements existing immediately before the 1st day of January, 1945, had continued to apply to him.

Retirement through incapacity after ten years membership.

Section 16

16.—(1) Any contributing member, who has been a contributing member for ten years and upwards who retires from the service before attaining sixty years of age in consequence of incapacity to perform his duties, arising from accident or mental or physical infirmity not resulting from his own misconduct, and who satisfies the committee with regard to such incapacity shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of this rule, on his retirement from the service to receive by way of superannuation allowance a capital sum and an annuity for life calculated on the same basis as is provided in Rule 14 except that the minimum amount per annum shall be in accordance with the following scale instead of the scale set forth in that rule:— SCALE Completed years of contributing membership Minimum amount per annum of annuity £ 26 or over 100 25 97 24 94 23 91 22 88 21 85 20 82 19 79 18 76 17 74 16 72 10 to 15 70

Retirement through incapacity before ten years membership.

Section 17

17.—Every person who has been a contributing member for less than ten years and who retires from the service in consequence of incapacity arising from accident or mental or physical infirmity not resulting from his own misconduct and who satisfies the committee with regard to such incapacity shall on such retirement cease to be a contributing member and become a superannuated member and shall be entitled to receive on retirement an annuity for life of twenty pounds per annum subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Rule 16, which shall apply to his case.

Disability of superannuated member to manage his affairs, etc.

Section 18

18.—When a person who shall have become entitled under this scheme to a superannuation allowance or other payment is unable by reason of physical or mental disability to manage his affairs or to sign documents the committee may from time to time order the payment of the allowance or other payment to his wife or other person having charge of him. And such payment shall be made accordingly and shall be deemed to be a payment to the member who shall have no claim in consequence thereof against the trustees or the committee or the fund.

Death before superannuation.

Section 19

19.—If any contributing member dies before being superannuated there shall be paid out of the fund to his representatives a sum equal to one-thirtieth of the annual salary of which he was in receipt at the date of his death multiplied by the number of completed years during which he was a contributing member or a sum equal to one-half of such annual salary whichever shall be the greater provided that the amount payable shall not be less than the total amount of the contributions of such member to the fund and to the old fund together with a sum equal to two-and-a-half per centum upon the total salary upon which he has contributed to the fund and to the old fund.

Death after superannuation.

Section 20

20.—Upon the death of a superannuated member his representatives shall be entitled or, in the case of such a member whose normal pension or part of whose normal pension has been converted into a joint annuity pursuant to Rule 23, upon the death of the member and the joint annuitant the representatives of the survivor of them shall be entitled to receive from the fund an amount equal to the sum which would have been payable under Rule 19 if the member had died on the day before that on which he became a superannuated member, subject in each case to a deduction from the sum so payable of the amount already paid as annuity and capital sum on account of the member (including any amount to the member or the joint annuitant in respect of a joint annuity under Rule 23).

Membership after salary is stopped in consequence of ill-health.

Section 21

21.—Any contributing member the payment of whose salary shall be stopped in consequence of ill-health shall be entitled so long as his name remains on the books of the company but not in any case for a longer period than two years to continue his membership provided that the same contributions be paid to the fund as were paid by and in respect of such member prior to his salary being stopped. After the said period he shall be dealt with in accordance with Rules 16, 17 or 18, as the case may require.

Voluntary retirement or dismissal.

Section 22

22.—Any contributing member who retires from the service of the company voluntarily, or is dismissed from the service of the company before becoming entitled to any superannuation allowance shall cease to be a member and shall be entitled to receive from the fund his own contributions without interest and shall have no further claim upon the fund. Provided that in the case of any such member dismissed from the service for dishonesty or fraud the company shall have a lien upon the amount of his contributions for any sums which may be due from him to them and subject to that lien the committee may in their discretion order the payment of the contributions or the balance thereof in whole or in part to any dependent of the member or such other person as the committee may determine in lieu of payment to the member and such payment shall be made accordingly and shall be deemed to be a payment to the member who shall have no claim in consequence thereof against the trustees or the committee or the fund.

Joint annuities.

Section 23

23.—Any member subject to the provisions of this rule shall have the option of electing to convert the annuity to which he is entitled upon becoming a superannuated member under Rule 14 at the rate therein provided (hereinafter referred to as the “normal pension”) or any part thereof into such a joint annuity as is specified in paragraph (b) of this rule payable during the joint lives of himself or a person (hereinafter called the “joint annuitant”) of the description mentioned in paragraph (a) of this rule and during the life of the survivor of them. (a) The description of the person above referred to in this rule is as follows:— (i) in the case of a married male, member his wife if alive; (ii) in the case of an unmarried member, widower or widow one dependent relative who (if younger) is not more than fifteen years younger than the member; (b) the joint annuity into which the normal pension may be converted as mentioned in this rule shall be:— (i) in the case where the joint annuitant is the wife of the member a joint annuity of an amount determined in accordance with paragraph (c) of this rule; and (ii) in the case where the joint annuitant is a dependent relative a joint annuity of such amount or amounts as may be determined by the committee with the advice of the actuaries; (c) the scales for the conversion of a normal pension into an annuity payable during the joint lives of a member and his wife and the life of the survivor shall be as follows:— scale a.—annuity payable to repired member For each £100 of normal pension the following annuity will be payable to the retired member and so in proportion for any part of £100 Age of wife (on last birthday) at date of member's retirement Age (on last birthday) of member at date of retirement 60 years 61 years 62 years 63 years 64 years 65 years Years £ s. £ s. £ s. £ s. £ s. £ s.

45 84 0 — — — — — 46 84 6 83 8 — — — — 47 84 14 83 16 82 16 — — — 48 85 2 84 4 83 4 82 2 — — 49 85 10 84 12 83 12 82 12 81 10 — 50 85 18 85 0 84 0 83 0 82 0 80 18 51 86 8 85 10 84 10 83 10 82 8 81 6 52 86 16 85 18 85 0 84 0 82 18 81 16 53 87 4 86 8 85 10 84 10 83 8 82 6 54 87 14 86 16 85 18 85 0 83 18 82 16 55 88 2 87 6 86 8 85 10 84 10 83 8 56 88 12 87 16 86 18 86 0 85 0 84 0 57 89 2 88 6 87 8 86 10 85 10 84 10 58 89 12 88 16 87 18 87 0 86 2 85 2 59 90 2 89 6 88 10 87 12 86 14 85 14 60 90 10 89 16 89 0 88 4 87 6 86 6 61 91 0 90 6 89 10 88 14 87 18 86 18 62 91 10 90 16 90 2 89 6 88 10 87 12 63 92 0 91 6 90 12 89 18 89 2 88 4 64 92 8 91 16 91 2 90 8 89 12 88 16 65 92 18 92 6 91 14 91 0 90 4 89 8 66 — 92 16 92 4 91 10 90 16 90 0 67 — — 92 14 92 2 91 8 90 12 68 — — — 92 12 91 18 91 4 69 — — — — 92 10 91 16 70 — — — — — 92 8 If the member's age at retirement is sixty-six years or more or if the age of his wife is outside the range of Scale A the joint annuity payable to the retired member shall be determined by the actuaries. scale b.—annuity payable to a member's widow.

One-third of the annuity calculated in accordance with Scale A will be payable to the retired member's widow during her life commencing on the day following that on which the retired member dies. (d) if the joint annuitant dies before the member the annuity payable to the member will continue unaltered in amount; (e) the minimum amount of a member's normal pension which may be converted into a joint annuity shall be the whole of the normal pension if not exceeding £120; and £120 of the normal pension if the amount thereof exceeds £120; a part of the normal pension to be so converted must be a whole number of pounds and the difference between such part and the normal pension must not be less than ten pounds; (f) the said option shall be exercisable only after the member has attained the age of fifty-four years and six months and shall only be exercisable as of right and without medical examination before the member attains the age of fifty-five years; (g) any member who has not exercised the said option within the time limited by paragraph (f) of this rule may at any time within three months immediately before the date of his retirement apply to the committee for leave to exercise the said option. Before giving such leave the committee shall require the member to submit himself for medical examination but subject thereto may give or withhold such leave in their discretion. An application under this paragraph for leave to exercise the said option shall be irrevocable and if leave is given the application shall operate as an exercise of the option by the member making the application; (h) every exercise by a member of the said option shall be irrevocable except in the following cases, that is to say:— (i) if the joint annuitant dies before the member has become a superannuated member under Rule 14, or if the member is under the provisions of Rules 16 and 17 superannuated before attaining the retiring age the exercise of the said option by him shall automatically be revoked; (ii) the committee may in their discretion on the written request of a member made at any time before or within one month after his retirement permit the revocation of the said option if in their opinion the circumstances justify the revocation; (i) upon the exercise of the said option by any member being revoked either automatically or with the permission of the committee the member shall be remitted to the rights to which he would have been entitled under Rule 14 hereof as if the option had never been exercised by him;

(j) every application for leave to exercise the said option shall be in writing by the member and addressed to the committee and delivered to the secretary accompanied by a certificate of birth of the joint annuitant and where the joint annuitant is the member's wife a certificate of the marriage or by such other evidence thereof as the committee may think fit to accept.

Commutation of superannuation allowances.

Section 24

24.—On retirement of any member from the service the committee may with the consent of the company agree with him to convert any capital sum to which he is entitled under the scheme into a supplementary annuity or in exceptional cases and having regard to the state of health or other circumstances of the member to commute the whole or part of any annuity to which he is entitled into a capital sum the basis for conversion or commutation in each case to be decided by the actuaries.

Minimum amount of annuities to female members.

Section 25

25.—The minimum amount of annuities of female persons admitted to membership of this scheme shall be in accordance with the following scale:— scale Completed years of contributing membership Minimum amount per annum of annuity £ 25 or over 78 24 76 23 74 22 72 21 70 20 68 19 66 18 64 17 62 10 to 16 60 Minimum superannuation allowance.

Section 26

26.—No member shall receive under this scheme a lesser amount by way of superannuation allowance than he would have been entitled to from the old fund and the Great Southern Railways Company if this scheme had not been enacted.

No claims on the fund outside this scheme.

Section 27

27.—Save as prescribed by this scheme no contributing member shall have any claim upon the fund.

Periodical payment of annuities.

Section 28

28.—All annuities shall be paid monthly on the last day of each calendar month or at the option of the recipient at greater intervals if approved by the committee.

Section 29

29.—No member shall be entitled to any benefit from the fund whilst in the service.

The committee.

Section 30

30.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this scheme the management and direction of the fund shall be vested in a committee of eight persons — four of whom shall be directors' committee-men and four contributors' committee-men—who shall be appointed or elected as hereinafter mentioned.

Decision of claims.

Section 31

31.—The committee shall decide on all claims made upon the fund.

Decisions by the committee of questions of fact.

Section 32

32.—Whenever it shall be needful for the committee to decide a question of fact they shall be at liberty to act upon such proofs and presumptions as they shall deem satisfactory, whether the same shall be legally admissible as evidence or not and their decision shall be final.

The directors committee-men.

Section 33

33.—The directors' committee-men shall be appointed by the directors, and the qualifications appointment and retirement from time to time of the directors' committee-men shall be regulated by the directors.

The contributors' committee-men.

Section 34

34.—(1) The contributors' committee-men shall be elected by the contributing members, and the following regulations shall be observed with regard to their election:— (a) The qualification for a contributors' committee-man shall be that he is a contributing member. (b) After the first election of the contributors' committee-men an election shall take place every three years. (c) Not later than six weeks before the date of the annual general meeting in a year in which an election is to be held the secretary shall send to the officer of the company in charge of any department of the company to which any contributing member is attached a notice for exhibition in his department inviting nominations of candidates. (d) A nomination of a candidate must reach the secretary not less than twenty-eight days before the date of the annual meeting. It must be in writing signed by eight adult contributing members, and be accompanied by a written consent signed by the candidate. (e) If more than four candidates are validly nominated, the secretary shall send to every adult contributing member not later than fourteen days before the meeting a ballot paper showing the names of the candidates in alphabetical order. A contributing member wishing to vote may vote for not more than four candidates, and shall return the paper to the secretary who shall deposit it in the ballot box. (f) Two scrutineers shall be appointed by the committee who shall examine the voting papers after 1 p.m. on the day before the day of the annual general meeting and notify the result to the chairman at the meeting. (g) Those four candidates who have received the greatest number of votes shall be elected, or if there is an equality of votes the candidate to be elected shall be determined by lot. (h) The chairman of the annual general meeting shall declare the results of the election, and his decision as to the candidates who have been elected embodied in the said declaration shall be final.

First election of contributors' committee-men.

Section 35

35.—(1) The first election of contributors' committee-men shall take place in the year 1948.

Liabilities of trustee or member of committee.

Section 36

36.—A trustee or a member of the committee shall not be held liable for any loss occasioned by negligence or breach of trust in connection with the fund in any case in which such trustee or member has acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be excused.

General meetings.

Section 37

37.—(1) The annual general meeting shall be held in June of each year for the purpose of receiving the annual statement of accounts and balance sheet with the certificate and report thereon (if any) of the auditors and for the conduct of the general business of this scheme.

Proposal of motions.

Section 38

38.—Any contributing member desiring to propose at an annual meeting a motion relating to the affairs or administration of this scheme or the fund must give notice in writing so as to reach the secretary not less than 28 days before the date of the meeting.

Proxies at a general meeting.

Section 39

39.—Instruments appointing proxies at a general meeting shall be either printed or written, or partly printed and partly written and signed by the appointer, and attested and given to the secretary, or deposited at the office of this scheme forty-eight hours before the time appointed for the meeting. No person shall be appointed a proxy except an adult contributing member, or a committee-man appointed by the directors under Rule 33. The following shall be the form of the instrument of proxy:— I, A.B., a contributing member of the Córas Iompair Éireann, Salaried Officers and Clerks (G.S.R.) Superannuation Scheme hereby appoint CD., another contributing member (or a committee-man) of the said scheme to act as my proxy at the general meeting to be held on the day of and at every adjournment thereof.

As witness my hand this day of Witness (Signed) A.B.

Business of meetings.

Section 40

40.—No general meeting shall enter upon any business not set forth in the notice by which it shall have been convened; neither shall any subject be brought before any meeting for discussion unless the secretary shall have been apprised twenty-eight days before the meeting. All meetings may be adjourned.

Notice of meetings.

Section 41

41.—The committee calling any general meeting shall give not less than twenty-one days notice by advertisement or otherwise as the committee may determine of the day, place and hour appointed for the general meeting and in the case of an annual general meeting this notice shall be accompanied by the annual report of the committee and the certified statement of accounts and auditors' report, if any.

Chairman of meeting.

Section 42

42.—The chairman of the committee shall be the chairman of any general meeting but in his absence the chairman of any general meeting shall be chosen by the contributing members at such meeting from (a) the contributors' committee-men, or if none is available, then from (b) the directors' committee-men, or if none is available, then from (c) the contributing members, at such meeting. In the case of equality of votes at any general meeting the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.

Quorum at meetings

Section 43

43.—If ten members shall not be present in person within one hour after the time appointed for a general meeting it shall stand adjourned to that day week at the same place and hour and so if need be from week to week until such ten members shall be present.

Minutes of proceedings at meetings.

Section 44

44.—Minutes of the proceedings of any general meeting shall there at or with all convenient speed thereafter be recorded by the secretary in a book kept for that purpose and be signed by the chairman of the meeting, or in the case of his default or incapacity by any three or more contributing members present thereat and such minutes when so recorded and signed shall in the absence of proof of error therein be conclusive evidence of such proceedings.

Powers of meetings.

Section 45

45.—No general meeting shall have any powers except such as are conferred upon it expressly or by implication by this scheme.

The secretary.

Section 46

46.—The committee shall from time to time, with the consent of the directors as to the individual selected, appoint one of the staff of the company to be secretary to the committee, and the person so appointed may at any time be removed from office by the committee with the like consent.

Remuneration for services performed.

Section 47

47.—The remuneration for all services performed in carrying this scheme into effect shall be paid by the company.

Duties of the secretary.

Section 48

48.—The Secretary shall act generally under the orders of the committee, and shall perform the following duties, that is to say— He shall keep the record books and papers relating to the fund and the business thereof.

He shall receive and report to the committee all applications for membership of this scheme and for allowances from the fund, resignations and other matters to be brought under the consideration of the committee.

He shall give notice of all general meetings called by the committee.

He shall record the minutes of the proceedings of all general meetings and of all meetings of the committee and the attendance of members of the committee.

He shall perform such other duties for the purposes of this scheme as the committee from time to time appoint.

He shall see that each member is supplied with a copy of this scheme, and he shall supply on demand to any member an additional copy of this scheme, and a copy of the annual statement of accounts with the certificate and report thereon (if any) of the auditors, provided such demand is accompanied by a payment of two shillings and sixpence.

Substitute for secretary.

Section 49

49.—A temporary substitute for the secretary may at any time be appointed by the committee with the consent of the directors.

The auditors of the fund.

Section 50

50.—(1) There shall be two auditors of the fund of whom one shall be the auditor for the time being of the company and the other, who shall be called the contributors' auditor, shall be appointed and hold office in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this rule.

Actuary—appointment duties and remuneration

Section 51

51.—The directors shall from time to time appoint an actuary or actuaries who shall discharge the functions assigned under this scheme to the actuaries, and shall carry out investigation of the position of the fund whenever the directors consider it necessary. The company shall cause an investigation of the fund to be made by the actuary or actuaries not less often than once in every five years, and a report on each such investigation to be made to the committee by the actuary or actuaries. Each such report shall be laid before the next following annual general meeting. The remuneration of the actuary or actuaries shall be paid by the company.

Accounts.

Section 52

52.—(1) The trustees and the committee shall cause full and true accounts to be kept up to the 31st December in each year of the fund, and all dealings with the fund.

Records.

Section 53

53.—The committee shall cause full and true records to be kept of the times and commencement of membership, of the dates of the first contributions, and all other relevant matters in relation to the contributing members, and shall also cause to be kept a register of the contributing members.

Amendment of scheme.

Section 54

54.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule the company may, and shall, if so required by the committee prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme (in this rule referred to as an amending scheme) amending this scheme (whether by addition, omission or variation).

Solvency of the fund.

Section 55

55.—The solvency of the fund is guaranteed by the company to the extent only that sufficient money shall be available at all times to meet the immediate cash requirements of the fund for the payment at such times of the benefits provided in this scheme.

Disposal of surpluses.

Section 56

56.—When the purpose of the fund is fully accomplished as the result of the death of the last person entitled to any benefit out of the fund or at any earlier date on which the actuary or actuaries certify that there is a surplus on the fund which will not in any event be required to meet the liabilities of the fund, and such surplus shall become the property of the company.

Saver for right of company to terminate employment.

Section 57

57.—Nothing in this scheme shall in any way restrict the right of the company to terminate the employment of any member at any time and membership of this scheme is not to be taken as indicating permanence of employment.

Interpretation.

Section 58

58.—Any question as to the meaning of any provision of this scheme or any matter arising thereout shall be determined by the committee and their decision shall be final.

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