The Water Reorganisation (Pensions etc.) Regulations 1989 No. 1161

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations –

“the 1989 Act” means the Water Act 1989;

“former water authority” means any of the following bodies –

• The Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority;

• The Derwent Valley Water Board;

• The Durham County Water Board;

• The Fylde Water Board;

• The Staffordshire Potteries Water Board;

• The West Lancashire Water Board;

• The Wirral Water Board; and

• The Metropolitan Water Board;

“pension” includes an allowance or gratuity and a payment by way of an increase in a pension or by way of compensation for loss of office or for any other reason; and

“preserved” in relation to any pension means a pension to which a person has become entitled but which has not become payable at the transfer date.