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 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.
(1966 III, p. 5076).