4. Section 33 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
| 33. Upon the vesting in the Board, under section 20, of an electrical undertaking carried on by a local authority, the following provision shall apply to the officers and servants employed exclusively in such undertaking, on the day preceding the vesting date and who are either
| | (a) not offered employment in the Board or in any local authority. | | |
| | (b) who are offered and do not accept such employment
| | | (1) Every such officer or servant who is a member of the Local Government Service and who had reached the age of fifty-five years on the vesting date shall be deemed to have retired from such local authority on that date shall be eligible for such pension under the Local Government Service Pension Regulations as would be awarded to him on such retirement. |
| (2) The post of every such officer or servant who is a member of the Local Government Service and who had not reached the age of fifty-five years on the vesting date shall be deemed to have been abolished with effect from that date and such officer or servant shall be eligible for such pension or other award under the Local Government Service Regulations as would have been awarded to him had he retired from such local authority on that date on the ground or abolition of post. |
| (3) Every such officer or servant who not being a member of the Local Government Service and is a member of any other pension scheme established by such local authority and who has reached the age of fifty-five years on that date shall he deemed to have retired from such local authority on that date and shall be eligible for such pension under such scheme as would be awarded to him on such-retirement. |
| (4) The post of every such officer and servant not being a member of the Local Government Service and is a member of any other pension scheme established by that local authority and who has not reached the age of fifty-five years on the vesting date shall be deemed to have been abolished with effect from that date and such officer or servant shall be eligible for such pension or other award under such scheme as would have been awarded to him had he retired from such local authority on that date on the ground of abolition of post. |
| (5) Every such officer or servant to whom the preceding provisions of this section do not apply shall be deemed to have retired from such local authority on the vesting date and shall be eligible for the payment of a gratuity of such amount as may be determined by the Minister in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Local Government, having regard to his period of service in such local authority. ". |
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