(1)A person appointed to be the Comptroller and Auditor General (in this section referred to as the Comptroller) may, within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations under this section, elect between the statutory scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable to the judicial offices listed in Schedule 1 to the [1959 c. 9 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2.).] Judicial Pensions Act 1959 and the scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable by virtue of section 1 of this Act to the civil service of the State (in this section referred to respectively as the judicial scheme and the civil service scheme), and if he does not so elect shall be treated as having elected for the civil service scheme.
(2)Where a person so appointed elects for the judicial scheme, a pension may be granted to him on ceasing to hold office as Comptroller if he has held that office for not less than five years and either—
(a)has attained the age of sixty-five years ; or
(b)is disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of that office ;
and subject to regulations under this section, the provisions of the Judicial Pensions Act 1959, other than section 2 (retiring age), and of sections 2 to 8 of the [1950 c. 11 (14 & 15 Geo. 6.).] Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 (lump sums and widows' and dependants' pensions) shall apply in relation to him and his service as Comptroller as they apply in relation to the holders of judicial offices listed in Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1959 and service in any such office, this subsection being the relevant pension enactment for the purposes of that Act.
(3)Where a person so appointed elects for the civil service scheme, the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of this Act and for the time being in force shall, subject to regulations under this section, apply as if his service as Comptroller were service in employment in the civil service of the State.
(4)Any pension or other benefit granted to the Comptroller by virtue of this section shall be granted by letters patent.
(5)The Minister may by statutory instrument make regulations for purposes supplementary to the foregoing provisions of this section; and such regulations may, without prejudice to section 38 of the [1965 c. 74.] Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), make special provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of persons to whom the judicial scheme or the civil service scheme has applied or applies in respect of any service other than service as Comptroller, including provision—
(a)for aggregating other service falling within the judicial scheme with service as Comptroller, or service as Comptroller with such other service, for the purpose of determining qualification for or the amount of benefit under that scheme ;
(b)for increasing the amount of the benefit payable under the judicial scheme, in the case of a person to whom that scheme applied in respect of an office held by him before appointment as Comptroller, up to the amount which would have been payable thereunder if he had retired from that office on the ground of permanent infirmity immediately before his appointment ;
(c)for limiting the amount of benefit payable under the judicial scheme, in the case of a person to whom the civil service scheme applied in respect of service before his appointment as Comptroller, by reference to the difference between the amount of the benefit granted in his case under the civil service scheme and the amount which would be payable under the judicial scheme if that service had been service as Comptroller.
(6)Any statutory instrument made by virtue of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.
(7)Any pension or other benefit granted by virtue of this section shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund.
(1)Section 15 of the [1967 c. 28.] Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (which applies the legislation governing the superannuation of civil servants to certain persons employed under the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, justices' clerks for the inner London area and other persons employed by the committee of magistrates for that area) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(b) (definition of " civil service provisions ") for the words from " the Superannuation Act" to " any other " there shall be substituted the words " the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and any ".
(3)In subsection (3) (which empowers the Secretary of State by regulations to provide that any of the civil service provisions shall have effect for the purposes of pensions or other benefits under the section and certain other purposes subject to exceptions, modifications and adaptations specified in the regulations)—
(a)after the word " may ", where first occurring, there shall be inserted the words " with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service "; and
(b)in paragraph (a), after the word " exceptions " there shall be inserted the word " additions ".
(4)Subsection (5) (which authorises the Secretary of State in certain circumstances to confer on himself power to make rules or regulations in relation to members of the metropolitan civil staffs where the Minister has power to make similar rules or regulations in relation to civil servants) shall be omitted.
(5)For subsection (6) (which provides that regulations under the section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
“(6)Before making regulations under subsection (3) of this section the Secretary of State shall consult with persons appearing to him to represent the metropolitan civil staffs, and before any such regulations come into operation the Secretary of State shall lay a copy thereof before Parliament”.
(1)Section 1 of the [1948 c. 24.] Police Pensions Act 1948 (power to make regulations providing for police pensions) shall have effect subject to the following amendments:—
(a)in subsection (3), for the words " or terminated " there shall be substituted the words " terminated or forfeited " and at the end there shall be added the words " and may provide for a pension to be forfeited wholly or in part and for the forfeiture to be permanent or temporary ";
(b)in subsection (7), for the words from " and before " onwards there shall be substituted the words " which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament ".
(2)In section 4(1) of the said Act of 1948 (forfeiture of pensions) the words " granted under regulations made under this Act is granted, and every pension " shall be omitted.
(3)For section 5 of the said Act of 1948 (appeals) there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, regulations made under section 1 of this Act shall make provision as to the court or other person by whom appeals are to be heard and determined in the case of any person who is aggrieved—
(a)by the refusal of the police authority to admit a claim to receive as of right a pension, or a larger pension than that granted, under regulations made under that section; or
(b)by the forfeiture of any pension granted to him thereunder.
(2)If any person is aggrieved by the forfeiture, under the provisions in that behalf contained in this Act, of any pension granted to him under any of the enactments specified in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act, he may appeal to the Crown Court and that court, after enquiring into the case, may make such order in the matter as appears to the court to be just.
(3)No provision made in the regulations by virtue of subsection (1) of this section shall confer a right of appeal against anything done by the police authority in the exercise of any power which is conferred on them by the regulations and is expressly declared by the regulations to he a power which they are to exercise in their discretion
(4)The regulations may provide, in relation to questions arising thereunder, for the reference of any such matter as is prescribed, either by the police authority, or by the court, to a medical practitioner, whose decision thereon shall, subject to such rights of appeal as may be provided by the regulations to such tribunal as may be constituted thereunder, be final on the matter so referred.
(5)In the application of this section to Scotland, for the reference in subsection (2) to the Crown Court there shall be substituted a reference to the sheriff having jurisdiction in the place where the person concerned last served as a member of a police force.”
(4)The provisions of sections 4(1) and (2) and 5(1) and (5) of the said Act of 1948 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, so far as they related to pensions granted under regulations made under section 1 of that Act, be deemed to have effect as if they were provisions of regulations so made and in force on that date, and may be revoked accordingly.
(5)Section 12 (except subsections (3) and (6)) of this Act shall apply in relation to—
(a)regulations under section 1 of the said Act of 1948;
(b)regulations relating to pensions under section 34 or 35 of the [1964 c. 28.] Police Act 1964 (special constables and police cadets);
(c)regulations under section 26(2)(k) of the [1967 c. 77.] Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (regulations with respect to the application to special constables of provisions relating to the pensions payable to or in respect of regular constables); or
(d)regulations relating to pensions under section 27 of the said Act of 1967 (police cadets),
as it applies in relation to regulations under section 7, 8(2), 9 or 10 of this Act.
(1)Without prejudice to the generality of section 26 of the [1947 c. 41.] Fire Services Act 1947 (power to make order bringing the Firemen's Pension Scheme into operation), any Scheme under that section may include provision for the payment by a fire authority or the Secretary of State of transfer values as respects persons who transfer or have transferred from employment in respect of which awards may be made under the Scheme to such other employment as may be specified in the Scheme.
(2)Subsection (3) of the said section 26 (circumstances in which a pension may be provided under the Scheme) shall cease to have effect.
(3)Section 12 (except subsections (3) and (6)) of this Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to an order under the said section 26 as it applies in relation to regulations under section 7, 8(2), 9 or 10 of this Act.
(1)After section 1 of the [1898 c. 44.] Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 there shall be inserted the following section:—
(1)There shall be payable to or in respect of persons whose salaries are paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be determined in accordance with, in the case of such of those persons as are employed by the Secretary of State, arrangements made by him and, in the case of other such persons, arrangements made by a general lighthouse authority and approved by the Secretary of State, and those benefits shall be charged on and payable out of that Fund.
(2)Section 210 of the [1970 c. 10.] Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (contributions for widows' and certain other pensions not to qualify for tax relief), as amended by the Superannuation Act 1972, shall apply in relation to contributions made in pursuance of any such arrangements as are referred to in subsection (1) above by any person who is chargeable to income tax under the Income Tax Acts as it applies in relation to contributions made in accordance with a scheme under section 1 of the said Act of 1972”.
(2)Section 665 of the [1894 c. 60.] Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (power of general lighthouse authority to grant pensions) shall cease to have effect.
(1)For section 11 of the [1949 c. 51.] Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 (pension rights of employees of Law Society) there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)The Law Society shall, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, make arrangements for the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons employed by the Law Society for the purpose of their functions under this Part of this Act, and any such arrangements may include the establishment and administration, by the Law Society or otherwise, of a pension scheme with or without a pension fund.
(2)If the Lord Chancellor so directs, receipts and expenses of the Law Society attributable to their establishment and administration of a pension scheme under this section shall, notwithstanding anything in section 9 of this Act, be dealt with under the scheme instead of being paid into and out of the legal aid fund”.
(2)For section 12 of the [1967 c. 43.] Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967 (pension rights of employees of Law Society of Scotland) there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)The Law Society shall, with the approval of the Secretary of State, make arrangements for the provisions of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons employed by the Law Society for the purpose of their functions under this Act, and any such arrangements may include the establishment and administration, by the Law Society or otherwise, of a pension scheme with or without a pension fund.
(2)If the Secretary of State so directs, receipts and expenses of the Law Society attributable to their establishment and administration of a pension scheme under this section shall, notwithstanding anything in section 9 of this Act, be dealt with under the scheme instead of being paid into and out of the legal aid fund”.
(1)Any Order in Council made under section 8 of the [1943 c. 5.] Minister of Town and Country Planning Act 1943 (power to establish Commissions to assist the Secretary of State in the exercise of his functions in relation to the use and development of land) may provide for empowering the Commission established by the Order—
(a)to pay to or in respect of the following persons, that is to say, the members of the Commission and the officers and servants of the Commission, or to or in respect of such of those persons as may be determined by the Commission with the approval of the Secretary of State, such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined;
(b)to make such payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined ; or
(c)to provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined.
(2)The Location of Offices Bureau established by the [S.I. 1963/792.] Location of Offices Bureau Order 1963 made under the said section 8 shall be deemed always to have had power to do all such things as are referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) above.
(1)This section applies to the following persons, namely—
(a)every officer and servant of the Conservators of the River Thames (" the Conservators") to whom but for any repeal made by this Act section 79(8) of the [1930 c. 44.] Land Drainage Act 1930 or section 53(2) of the [1950 c. 1.] Thames Conservancy Act 1950 would have applied; and
(b)every officer and servant of the Lee Conservancy Board or of the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board (" the Catchment Board ") to whom but for any such repeal section 80(7) of the said Act of 1930 would have applied.
(2)There shall be paid by the Conservators to or in respect of the persons to whom this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above, and there shall be paid by the Catchment Board to or in respect of the persons to whom this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(b) above, the same pensions, allowances or gratuities as can be paid to or in respect of persons employed in the civil service of the State, and the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of this Act and for the time being in force shall apply accordingly in relation to those persons with the necessary adaptations.
(3)The Conservators and the Catchment Board shall have all such powers as may be necessary to enable them to comply with subsection (2) above, including power to pay and receive transfer values and to make payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances and gratuities as are referred to in that subsection.
(4)The Catchment Board shall be deemed always to have had power to pay pensions, allowances or gratuities in respect of persons to whom section 80(7) of the [1930 c. 44.] Land Drainage Act 1930 at any time applied.
(1)For section 56 of the [1971 c. 75.] Civil Aviation Act 1971 (participation of employees of the British Airways Board in pension schemes established by the corporations) there shall be substituted the following section:—
(1)The Board may, in the case of such of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) below as may be determined by it, pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of those persons as may be so determined, make such payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined or establish and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined.
(2)The Board may make arrangements with the corporations whereby any or all of the functions of the Board under subsection (1) above are to be performed by the corporations.
(3)The persons referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)employees of any member of the group ;
(b)employees of the board of trustees of any joint medical services of the group or of the corporations; and
(c)persons employed by any other person in connection with the management and administration of any scheme established and maintained by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) above.
(4)Section 24 of the [1967 c. 33.] Air Corporations Act 1967, (power to make regulations providing for pension schemes for employees of the corporations and certain other persons) shall cease to have effect, but any scheme established by virtue of regulations made under that section and in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall, unless and until terminated in accordance with its provisions, have effect as if—
(a)it had been established by virtue of subsection (2) above; and
(b)the persons in respect of whose service benefits may be provided under the scheme included, in addition to the persons mentioned in subsection (1) of the said section 24, the other persons mentioned in subsection (3) above;
and the reference in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) above to any scheme established and maintained by virtue of subsection (2) above shall be construed accordingly.
(5)The Board shall take such steps as it thinks expedient to secure the participation in such a scheme as is referred to in subsection (4) above, on such terms as it thinks fit (which may include terms as to the payment of contributions by participants and their employers and former employers or any of them), of such persons as the Board may determine, being employees of the Board or a joint subsidiary or an undertaking which is a subsidiary by reference to share capital held by, or a power to appoint directors vested in, the Board.
(6)Where a participant in any such scheme as is referred to in subsection (3)(c) above becomes—
(a)a member of the Board or of either of the corporations, or
(b)a director of any other member of the group,
his service as such a member or director (whether before or after the passing of this Act) shall be treated for the purposes of the scheme as if it were service as an employee of the member of the group, the board of trustees or other person, as the case may be, in whose employment he was or was treated for those purposes as being when he became such a member or director.”
(2)The following enactments are hereby repealed, namely—
(a)in the [1967 c. 33.] Air Corporations Act 1967, section 24, in section 29 the words from " and the transfer" to the end, section 30 and in Schedule 2, Part II;
(b)in the [1968 c. 61.] Civil Aviation Act 1968, section 25(2)(b) and the word " and" immediately preceding that paragraph ; and
(c)in the [1971 c. 75.] Civil Aviation Act 1971, in Schedule 10, paragraph 20.
(1)Any body specified in column 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act may make any determination relating to, or connected with, the provision of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of persons employed by it which it has power to make under the enactment specified in relation to that body in column 2 of that Schedule without obtaining the approval or agreement of any Minister of the Crown or government department whose approval of, or agreement to, that determination is required by virtue of that enactment or by virtue of that enactment and any order made in pursuance of section 1 or 2 of the [1946 c. 31.] Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions) Act 1946 or section 4 of the [1964 c. 98.] Ministers of the Crown Act 1964.
(2)The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine may approve any determination relating to pensions made under paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 1 to the [1960 c. 66.] Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 by a board established under that Act without obtaining the agreement of the Minister.
(3)Any pension scheme in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, being a scheme which was referred to in or established under section 12(4) of the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920 (provision of pensions, etc.), and any rules made in pursuance of such a scheme may be amended without the approval of the Secretary of State.
(4)So much of any provision contained in a document forming part of any scheme for the provision of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of persons employed by industrial training boards established under section 1 of the [1964 c. 16.] Industrial Training Act 1964 as prohibits any alteration being made in that document, or any other document forming part of such a scheme, without the approval of the Secretary of State shall cease to have effect.
(5)Any provision contained in a document forming part of a scheme for the provision of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of persons employed by the National Film Finance Corporation may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be amended to such extent as appears to him to be necessary or expedient having regard to subsection (1) above, as it applies in relation to the Corporation, and to any repeal of the [1949 c. 20.] Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Act 1949 made by this Act.
(1)The repeal by this Act of any provisions of the Superannuation Acts 1965 and 1967 shall not affect the continued operation of those Acts so far as immediately before the repeal takes effect they apply in relation to any of the persons listed in Schedule 5 to this Act.
(2)The said repeal shall not affect any provision of the [1957 c. 62.] Governors' Pensions Act 1957 by virtue of which superannuation and additional allowances have been or may be granted under the Superannuation Acts 1965 and 1967 to a Governor within the meaning of the said Act of 1957 instead of, or in addition to, a pension under that Act, and the said Acts of 1965 and 1967 shall accordingly continue to have effect for the purposes of the Governors' Pensions Acts 1957 and 1967 and any rules made thereunder.