14Retiring age

14 Retiring age

14 Retiring age

(1) For the purposes of this Part the retiring age of a permanent servant shall be the age of sixty-five years—

Provided that where a permanent servant is over the age of fifty-five years at the commencement of this Act or at the date upon which the provisions of this Act are applied to him or at the date of his appointment (as the case may be) his retiring age shall be one year in excess of sixty-five years for each completed period of two years by which his age at the commencement of this Act or at the date upon which the provisions of this Act are applied to him or at the date of his appointment (as the case may be) is in excess of fifty-five years—

Provided that the date of retirement of any servant shall be not less than four years from the date of commencement of this Act or the date upon which the provisions of this Act are applied to him or the date of his appointment (as the case may be)—

Provided further that the retiring date for the purposes of this Part shall be the anniversary date, following his sixty-fifth birthday or such subsequent birthday fixed as his retiring age as aforesaid, of the commencement of the period covered by the first contribution paid to the board as provided in section 13 at the rate payable in respect of him in the last continuous period of his employment with a council.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) the retiring age of a permanent servant who is a veterinary inspector shall not be later than the anniversary date, following his sixty-fifth birthday, of the commencement of the period covered by the first contribution paid to the board as provided in section 13, at the rate payable in respect of him in the last continuous period of his employment with a pastures protection board.

Where a permanent servant who is a veterinary inspector is over the age of sixty-five years at the commencement of the Local Government (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1940, his retiring age shall be the age reached by him at the expiration of three months after such commencement, and no contribution shall be made under this Act in respect of any such permanent servant.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) the retiring age of a servant (other than a veterinary inspector) of a pastures protection board to whom this Act is applied shall not be later than the anniversary date, following his sixty-fifth birthday, of the commencement of the period covered by the first contribution paid to the board as provided in section 13, at the rate payable in respect of him in the last continuous period of his employment with a pastures protection board.