S.I. No. 430 of 2009

SUPERANNUATION (DESIGNATION OF APPROVED ORGANISATIONS) REGULATIONS, 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th October, 2009.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 4 (1) of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 (No. 24 of 1963), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 2009.

(2) The Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 2008 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 1964 to 2009.

2. The organisations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby designated as approved organisations for the purposes of Section 4 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 (No. 24 of 1963).

SCHEDULE

Chester Beatty Library

National Museum of Ireland

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland

Sustainable Energy Ireland

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 October 2009.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

Section 4 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 provides for the transfer of pensionable service in the case of staff transfers between the Civil Service and approved organisations, and between one approved organisation and another. These regulations designate the organisations set out in the schedule as approved organisations.