Government Auxiliary Employees (Amendment) Act, 2025

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS

No.         of 2025

A BILL to amend the Government Auxiliary Employees Act, Cap. 22.16.

BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Government Auxiliary Employees (Amendment) Act, 2025.

2. Interpretation.

In this Act 

“Act” means the Government Auxiliary Employees Act, Cap. 22.16.

3. Amendment of section 7.

The Act is amended in section 7 by 

1. renumbering it as subsection (1); and 

2. by inserting the following new subsection (2)  

“ (2) The provisions of Part III of the Pensions Act, Cap. 22.06 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the following employees

1. employees who were employed on or after 18^th May 2012 and who shall contribute to the Pensions Fund in accordance with the provisions of Part III of the Pensions Act, Cap. 22.06; and

2. Government Auxiliary Employees under the Government Auxiliary Employees Act, Cap. 22.16 (formerly known as non-established workers) who, before 18^th May, 2012, could not be appointed into the public service and who shall 
3. elect to contribute to the Pensions Fund in accordance with the provisions of this Act, including employees who are over forty-five years; and

2. who have not reached the age of fifty-five years.”.

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Lanein K. Blanchette

          Speaker

Passed by the National Assembly this                day of                             , 2025.

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Trevlyn Stapleton

Clerk of the National Assembly