(1)This Act may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1972.
(2)References in this Act to an enactment include an enactment in a local Act and a provisional order confirmed by Parliament, and any reference in this Act to any enactment or instrument shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or instrument as amended, and includes a reference thereto as extended or applied, by or under any other enactment or instrument, including any enactment contained in this Act.
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The other provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Minister may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and references in this Act to the commencement thereof shall be construed as references to the day appointed by an order under this subsection.
(5)This section, and the following provisions only of this Act, extend to Northern Ireland, that is to say,—
(a)sections 1 to 6 and Schedules 1 and 2;
(b)sections 13 and 17;
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(d)section 22(1) and (2) and Schedule 4 so far as they relate to any body exercising functions in relation to Northern Ireland;
(e)section 23 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5;
[F3(ee)section 25];
(f)section 26, so far as applicable, F4. . . and 28(2);
(g)section 29 and Schedules 6 and 8, so far as they relate to any enactment which extends to Northern Ireland and paragraphs 1 to 3, 10, 11 and 13 to 15 of Schedule 7.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 21, 30(3), Sch. 6 paras. 68, 96 repealed by British Airways Board Act 1977 (c. 13, SIF 9), s. 24(1), Sch. 2
F2S. 30(5)(c) repealed by British Airways Board Act 1977 (c. 13), Sch. 2
F3S. 30(5)(ee) inserted by Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972 (c. 48), s. 34(2)
F4S. 30(5)(f): reference to s. 27 repealed (22.7.2004) by virtue of Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 5 Group 12}
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C125.3.1972 appointed under s. 30(4) by S.I. 1972/325 for all provisions other than provisions specified in art. 2 of that instrument (namely s. 21 and Sch. 6 paras. 68 and 96) which have been repealed