AI Summary of 1. Interpretation.
The text provides definitions for terms used in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, including the Act itself, "aggregation of public service pensions", "Civil Service", "lump sum", and "Minister" (Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform). It defines "office holder" to include the President; holders of qualifying offices; members of either House of the Oireachtas; members of the judiciary; military judges appointed under Chapter IVC of Part V of the Defence Act 1954 (as amended); members of local authorities; and Members of the European Parliament for Irish constituencies receiving the specified salary.
The document also defines "paying authority"; "pension adjustment order" (by reference to specified provisions of the Family Law Acts 1995 and 1996 and the Civil Partnership Act 2010); "pensioner" by a three‑part entitlement test; "preserved benefit" and "preserved pension age"; "public servant"; and "public service body" (enumerating core State bodies, certain institutes, other legislatively or Oireachtas‑funded bodies, and subsidiaries). It defines "public service pension", "public service pension scheme" (including specified inclusions and exclusions), "qualifying office", "relevant date", "relevant Minister" and "subsidiary".
1. Interpretation.
In this Act -
"Act of 2009" means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009;
"aggregation of public service pensions" means the aggregation under subsection (3) of section 2 or subsection (5) of section 2A of two or more public service pensions payable to a pensioner for the purposes of the application of subsection (1) or (2) of section 2 or subsection (3) of section 2A, as the case may be, in relation to the pensioner;
"Civil Service" means the Civil Service of the Government and the Civil Service of the State;
"lump sum" means a lump sum payment or gratuity payable on retirement, at a preserved pension age or on death, under a public service pension scheme;
"Minister" means the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform;