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Intelligence Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 65 of 2002)

Chapter II : Establishment, Composition and Organisation of Agency

13. Retirement age of members

 

 

(1) A member must be retired on the date when he or she attains the age of 60 years: Provided that a person who was an employee of the former National Intelligence Agency or the South African Secret Service on the day immediately before the date of commencement of this Act may retire on reaching the retirement age or prescribed retirement date provided for in any other law applicable to him or her on that day.

[Subsection (1) substituted by section 25(a) of Act No. 11 of 2013]

 

(2) If a member attains the retirement age referred to in subsection (1) after the first day of a month, he or she shall be deemed to have attained it on the first day of the following month.

 

(3) If it is in the public interest to retain a member in his or her post beyond the age at which he or she is required to retire in terms of subsection (1), his or her services may, with his or her consent and with the approval of the Minister, be so retained from time to time, for further periods not exceeding five years in total.

 

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a member shall have the right to retire from the Agency on the date on which he or she attains the age of 55 years, or on any date after that date.

[Subsection (4) inserted by section 25(b) of Act No. 11 of 2013]