Section 20: Service in the Commission to be pensionable.

(1) Service in the Commission shall be approved service for purposes of the Pension Reform Act 2004 and accordingly, employees of the Commission shall be entitled to pension, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are prescribed under the Pension Reform Act 2004.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on the terms which preclude the grant of a pension, gratuity or other retirement benefits in respect of that office.
(3) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Pension Reform Act, any power exercisable by a Minister or other authority of the Federal Government, other than the power to make regulations under section 97 of the Pension Reform Act 2004, is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Commission and not by any other person or authority.