sec.37Retirement from parliamentary service

sec.37 Retirement from parliamentary service

An officer of, or an employee in, the parliamentary service may elect to retire from the parliamentary service on or after turning 55. If the Clerk suspects on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service, by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit— to discharge efficiently his or her duties; and to discharge efficiently any other duties that the Clerk might reasonably direct the officer or employee to discharge; the Clerk shall obtain medical opinion on that person’s condition and to that end may appoint any medical practitioner or medical practitioners to examine that person and report to whomsoever the Clerk directs upon that person’s mental or physical condition or both and may direct that person to submit himself or herself to such examination. If the Clerk believes on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit as prescribed by subsection (2) , the Clerk may call upon that person to retire from the parliamentary service within a time specified by the Clerk. If a person called upon pursuant to subsection (3) to retire does not retire within the time specified, the Clerk may dismiss the person from the parliamentary service. s 37 amd 1994 No. 29 s 3 sch ; 1995 No. 38 s 35 sch 1 ; 2011 No. 24 s 62 (sec.37-ssec.1) An officer of, or an employee in, the parliamentary service may elect to retire from the parliamentary service on or after turning 55. (sec.37-ssec.2) If the Clerk suspects on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service, by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit— to discharge efficiently his or her duties; and to discharge efficiently any other duties that the Clerk might reasonably direct the officer or employee to discharge; the Clerk shall obtain medical opinion on that person’s condition and to that end may appoint any medical practitioner or medical practitioners to examine that person and report to whomsoever the Clerk directs upon that person’s mental or physical condition or both and may direct that person to submit himself or herself to such examination. (sec.37-ssec.3) If the Clerk believes on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit as prescribed by subsection (2) , the Clerk may call upon that person to retire from the parliamentary service within a time specified by the Clerk. (sec.37-ssec.4) If a person called upon pursuant to subsection (3) to retire does not retire within the time specified, the Clerk may dismiss the person from the parliamentary service.

• (a) to discharge efficiently his or her duties; and