Officers entitled

(1) This Act shall apply, 33 (a) to every officer first appointed to the public service of Belize, (i) after the commencement of this Act; or (ii) before the commencement of this Act to whom it was intimated before appointment that he would be liable to be affected by any change in the pension law of Belize; and (b) to every officer serving in Belize at the commencement of this Act or transferred from Belize to any other public service before the date of such commencement and still in the public service on that date unless not later than twelve months after such commencement or within such further period as the Governor-General may in any special case allow, (i) having already given notice in writing to the Permanent Secretary (Establishment) of his desire that the provisions of the Pensions Ordinance 1928, and all other Acts amending it and the Regulations there under, shall apply to him, he confirms in writing to the Permanent (ii) he gives notice in writing to the Permanent Secretary (Establishment) of his desire that the provisions of the Pensions Ordinance (Chapter 234 of the Laws of Belize Revised Edition 1958) and all other Acts amending it and the regulations there under shall apply to him, 34 in which case they shall continue to apply accordingly. (2) If any officer who has given notice under subsection (1) (b) of this section, is thereafter re-appointed to the service of Belize the provisions of this Act shall apply to him in respect of his whole service, Provided that except where such an officer eventually becomes eligible for a pension or gratuity under this Act in respect of his service both before and after his re-employment, a pension or gratuity granted to him solely in respect of service prior to such re-employment shall not be recomputed. Repeal of