Posts pensionable

(1) The posts of the administrative, professional, faculty, 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. Posts S. I. 145 of1992 CAP. 30. (2) Where an officer in the public service is seconded or temporarily transferred for duty in the University from a pensionable office within the meaning of the Pensions Act that Act shall apply to him as if his service in the University were pensionable service in a civil capacity under the Government. CAP. 30. (3) Where an officer in the public service is transferred to an office in the University and retires or resigns on pension from, or dies while in service of the University, 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 pension under the Pensions Act. CAP. 30. (4) Where any institution or school joins and becomes a part of the University, and the members of staff of that institution or school are transferred for duty in the University, the service provided by such staff to the institution prior to joining and becoming part of the University shall rank as qualifying or pensionable service for the purposes of determining eligibility for pension under the Pensions Act. CAP. 30. Provided that if the members of staff of the institution or school referred to in sub-section (1) are employed by the institution or school pursuant to a written contract of employment for a specified number of years, and such contract is still subsisting and valid on the date on which the institution joins and becomes part of the University, then such members shall join and become members of the staff of the University under the terms and conditions of the written contract of employment entered into by the institution or school. 20 (5) 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 University 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 University. (6) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in the Pensions Act, or any enactment amending or replacing that Act, where a person employed in a pensionable office in the University is transferred to a pensionable office in the Public Service, his service, in the University shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for the purpose of determining his eligibility for a gratuity or pension under the Pensions Act.