Section 12: Pensions Act.

(1)
It is hereby declared that service in the council shall be approved service for purposes of the Pensions Act and, accordingly, officers and employees of the Council shall be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are prescribed under the Pensions Act.
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(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 terms which preclude the grant of a pension, gratuity or other retirement benefit in respect of that office.
(3) For the purpose of the application of the provisions the Pensions Act, any power exercisable by a Minister or other authority of the Federal Government under this Act, other than the power to make regulations under section 23, is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Council and not by any other person or authority.