(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this regulation, every employee of the Memorial other than a Class IV employee shall retire on the last day of the month he / she attains the age of 58 years.
(b) With the sanction of the Trustees an employee to whom clause (a) applies may on grounds of public interest to be recorded in writing, be granted extension of service beyond the last day of the month he / she attains the age of 58 years.
Provided that no extension under this clause shall be granted beyond 60 years of age and such an extension shall not be granted for any period exceeding one year at a time.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (1), the Trustees may, if they are of opinion that it is in the public interest so to do, retire an employee to whom clause (a) of sub-regulation (1) applies after he / she has attained the age of 55 years by giving him / her notice of not less than 3 months in writing or three months pay and allowances in lieu of such notice.
(3) Any employee to whom clause (a) of sub-regulation (1) applies may by giving notice of not less than three months in writing to the Trustees, retire from service after he / she has attained the age of 55 years.
Provided that it shall be open to the Trustees to withhold such permission to an employee under suspension who seeks to retire under this sub-regulation.
(4) Every Class IV employee shall retire on the last day of the month he / she attains the age of 60 years.