Statutory Instruments

1973 No. 1792

PENSIONS

The Increase of Pensions (Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund)) Regulations 1973

Made

24th October 1973

Laid before Parliament

30th October 1973

Coming into Operation

20th November 1973

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11A of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(1) and with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service, I hereby make the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Increase of Pensions (Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund)) Regulations 1973 and shall come into operation on 20th November 1973.

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of and otherwise in relation to these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of and otherwise in relation to an Act of Parliament.

3. The provisions of Part I of the Act shall apply to any pension granted under the scheme constituted by the Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund) Regulations 1966(2) under section 2(3) of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 as if the pension were an official pension specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Act:

Provided that the total amount of the increases which might otherwise be payable in accordance with these Regulations shall be reduced by any amount by which the basic pension payable under the scheme is increased otherwise than in accordance with these Regulations.

Alec Douglas-Home

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

24th October 1973

Consent of the Minister for the Civil Service given under his Official Seal on 24th October 1973.

L.S.

K. H. McNeill

Authorised by the Minister for the Civil Service

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations authorise the increase, under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, of pensions payable under the Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund) Regulations 1966 (now converted into an administrative scheme) to the same extent as United Kingdom Civil Service pensions.

(1)

as amended by 1973 c. 21

(2)

(1966 III, p. 5076).