S.I. No. 169/1997:

SUPERANNUATION (DESIGNATION OF APPROVED ORGANISATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1997

SUPERANNUATION (DESIGNATION OF APPROVED ORGANISATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1997

I, RUAIRÍ QUINN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (1) of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 (No. 24 of 1963), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1997.

(2) The Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 1995 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 1997.

2. The organisation specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby designated as an approved organisation for the purposes of Section 4 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 (No. 24 of 1963).

SCHEDULE

National Treasury Management Agency.

GIVEN under the Official Seal, this 7th day of April, 1997.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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 organisation set out in the schedule as an "approved organisation".