Declaration of pensionable posts

(1) The post of the Chief Librarian, and the posts of other officers and employees who are on the administrative, technical, professional, clerical and secretarial staff shall be pensionable under the Pensions Act, Cap. 30, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in that Act or any other enactment. (2) Where an officer in the public service is transferred to an office in the Service and he retires or resigns on pension from, or dies while in the service of, the Service, his service in the public service shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for purposes of determining eligibility for a gratuity or pension under the Pensions Act, Cap. 30. (3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Pensions Act or any other enactment amending or replacing that Act, where a person employed in a pensionable office by the Service is transferred to a pensionable post in the public- service, his service in the Service shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for purposes of determining eligibility for a gratuity or pension under the Pensions Act. (4) Staff members of the Service holding pensionable posts shall retire on attaining the compulsory retirement age of fifty- five years. (5) The Public Service Regulations in force shall apply, with the necessary modifications and adaptations, to staff of the Service, until such time the Board makes Regulations governing the employment conditions of staff of the Service.