Government of Ireland Act 1920

2 For the purposes of this Schedule, the statutory conditions of retirement are that—

(a) Retirement must take place within a period of seven years from the appointed day (in this Schedule referred to as the transitional period) ;

(b) Notice of the intention to retire must be given in accordance with regulations made by the Civil Service Committee ;

(c) The retirement must not take place until at least six months after the notice of retirement has been given, and may be postponed by the Civil Service Committee, if they think fit, to any later date (not being more than two years after the date of the notice) within the transitional period ; and

(d) The retiring officer must show to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Committee that he is not incapacitated by mental or bodily infirmity for the performance of his duties and that he has not attained the age of sixty-five years at the time when the notice is given.