Clause 4

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify the prescribed minimum retirement age applicable to any class of employees, which must be at least 62 years but not more than 65 years.(2) Despite any other written law, contract of service or collective agreement, an employer must not dismiss an employee on the ground of age before that employee attains the employee’s prescribed minimum retirement age.”; and

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Prescribed minimum retirement age”.