Section 8: Application of Pensions Act

(1)
It is hereby declared that service in the Board shall be approved service for the purpose of the Pensions Act, and accordingly, employees of the Board shall, in respect of their service in the Board, be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are prescribed thereunder.
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this Act shall preclude the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of a pension or gratuity or other retirement benefits in respect of that office.
(3) For the purpose of the application of the Pensions Act, any power exercisable thereunder by a Minister or authority of the Federal Government (not being the power to make regulations under section 23 thereof) is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Board and not by any other person or authority.