Declaration of pensionable posts

(1) The post of President, and the posts of other officers and employees appointed pursuant to section 15 of this Act who are on the administrative, technical, professional, clerical and secretarial staff shall be pensionable under the Pensions Act, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in that Act or any other enactment. Persons holding ancillary posts of the semi-skilled or unskilled category shall be entitled to retirement benefits under the Government (Open Vote) Workers Regulations, as amended from time to time. (2) Where an officer in the public service is transferred to an office under the Institute and he retires or resigns on pension from, or dies while in the service of, the Institute, 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. (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 Institute is transferred to a pensionable post in the public service, his service under the Institute shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for purposes of determining his eligibility for a gratuity or pension under the Pensions Act. (4) When making payment for a pension or gratuity in respect of officers referred to in sub-sections (2) and (3), the Government shall pay the whole pension or gratuity, but the Institute shall contribute to the Government for the portion representing the number of years of pensionable service rendered by the officer in the employment of the Institute. National Institute of Culture and History 15