Section 9: Service in the Commission to be pensionable, etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, persons employed in the Commission shall in respect of their service in the Commission be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as prescribed under the Pensions Act in respect of persons holding equivalent posts; and accordingly, and notwithstanding the provisions of the Pensions Act, it is hereby declared that service in the Commission shall be approved service for the purposes of that Act.
(2) It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that references in this section to persons employed in the Commission do not include references to full-time Commissioners holding high judicial office in respect of whom other provisions relating to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits are in force or to part-time Commissioners.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office in the Commission on terms and conditions which preclude the grant of a pension or gratuity in respect of service in that office.