Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 340 (S.13)

The Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy or Premature Retirement on Reorganisation) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

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1995 No. 340 (S.13)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy or Premature Retirement on Reorganisation) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy or Premature Retirement on Reorganisation) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 6th April 1995.

Interpretation
    2.—(1)  In these Regulations—
"prescribed period" means the period beginning on 6th April 1995 and ending on 31st March 1997;
"reckonable service" has the same meaning as in the 1994 Regulations;
"relevant body" means—
 (a) Central Scotland Water Development Board established under section 3 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1967^[2];
 (b) a Passenger Transport Executive established under section 9(1) of the Transport Act 1968^[3];
 (c) a local authority constituted under section 2 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^[4];
 (d) any of the following established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^[5]:—
 (i) an authority established under section 2;
 (ii) Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority established under section 40;
 (iii) a body established under section 62(1) (water and sewerage authorities);
 (iv) the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration established under section 128; or
 (e) a joint board appointed under any Act or any statutory order or statutory scheme, if all the constituent authorities are local authorities described in sub-paragraphs (c) or (d)(i) above;


"remuneration" has the same meaning as in the 1994 Regulations;
"the Superannuation Regulations" means the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987^[6];
"the 1994 Act" means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
"the 1979 Regulations" means the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1979^[7];
"the 1994 Regulations" means the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1994^[8].

    (2)  In these Regulations, subject to paragraph (1) of this regulation and unless the context otherwise requires, any expression which is also used in either the 1979 Regulations or the 1994 Regulations has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

    (3)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is to be construed as a reference to the regulation that bears that number in these Regulations.

[1] 1972 c. 11. back

[2] 1967 c. 78; section 3 was repealed by the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Schedule 11, but the Board continues to exercise its functions by virtue of section 80 of that Act. back

[3] 1968 c. 73; section 9(1) was substituted by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), section 57(1). back

[4] 1973 c. 65; to which no relevant amendments have been made. back

[5] 1994 c. 39. back

[6] S.I. 1987/1850, amended by S.I. 1988/625, 1989/422, 802 and 967, 1990/422 and 1284, 1991/78, 1992/1220, 1597 and 3025, 1993/1593, 2013 and 3044 and 1994/531. back

[7] S.I. 1979/785, amended by S.I. 1982/917, 1984/846, 1986/409, 1990/125, 1992/1025 and 1597, 1993/490 and 1994/1715 and 3068. back

[8] S.I. 1994/3068. back

Explanatory Note