The Parliamentary Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1993

1. Introductory Text

2. PART A Preliminary

   1. A1. Title and commencement

   2. A2. Interpretation

3. PART B Trustees and Administration

   1. B1. Trustees

4. PART C Membership

   1. C1. Membership for Members of the House of Commons

   2. C2. Membership for Prime Ministers and Speakers

   3. C3. Membership for office holders

   4. C4. Right to opt out for Members of the House of Commons

   5. C5. Right to opt out for office holders

   6. C6. Right to opt in for Members of the House of Commons

   7. C7. Right to opt in for office holders

5. PART D Contributions

   1. D1. Contributions by participating Members

   2. D2. Contributions by participating office holders

   3. D3. Earnings cap

6. PART E Reckonable Service

   1. E1. Actual reckonable service

   2. E2. Aggregate reckonable service

7. PART F Pension Entitlement

   1. F1. Entitlement of Members

   2. F2. Amount payable to Members

   3. F3. Entitlement of office holders

   4. F4. Amount payable to office holders

   5. F5. Permitted maximum pensions: participants joining before 1st June 1989

   6. F6. Permitted maximum pensions: participants joining after 1st June 1989

   7. F7. Guaranteed minimum pensions

   8. F8. Duration of pensions

8. PART G Commutation

   1. G1. Commutation into lump sum

9. PART H Early Retirement and Early Abated Pensions

   1. H1. Early retirement for Members

   2. H2. Early retirement for office holders who have been Members

10. PART J Ill-Health Pensions

    1. J1. Ill health pensions based on service as a participating Member

    2. J2. Ill health pensions based on service as a participating office holder

    3. J3. Ill health pensions for former Members

    4. J4. Ill health pensions for former office holders

    5. J5. Medical evidence

11. PART K Widows, Widowers and Children

    1. K1. Equal treatment

    2. K2. Pensions for widows and widowers

    3. K3. Pensions for children

    4. K4. Death in service of participating Member

    5. K5. Enhancement of initial survivors' pensions

    6. K6. Meaning of “basic or prospective pension or pensions”

12. PART L Death Gratuities

    1. L1. Gratuity on death in service

    2. L2. Gratuity on death after retirement

13. PART M Five Year Guarantee

    1. M1. Entitlement

    2. M2. Guarantees for widows and widowers

    3. M3. Guarantees where children but no spouse survive

    4. M4. Guarantees where no survivors

    5. M5. Remarriage or cohabitation of surviving spouse

    6. M6. Early termination of child’s period of full-time education

    7. M7. Deceased pensioner office holders

14. PART N Refunds

    1. N1. Refund to contributor

    2. N2. Refund after death

    3. N3. Refund of Prime Ministers' and Speakers' contributions

    4. N4. Refund of Lord Chancellors' contributions

    5. N5. Deduction of tax from refunds of contributions

    6. N6. Deemed contributions

15. PART P Transfers

    1. P1. Transfers to other pension schemes

    2. P2. Transfers to other pension schemes after opt-out

    3. P3. Transfers to overseas pension schemes

    4. P4. Effect of transfers out on reckonable service

    5. P5. Certification by the Government Actuary

    6. P6. Transfers from other pension schemes

16. PART Q Added Years

    1. Q1. Purchase of added years by participating Members

17. PART R Miscellaneous and Supplemental

    1. R1. Application of pensions

    2. R2. Payments due to deceased persons

    3. R3. Deferred rights

    4. R4. Protection against adverse alterations

    5. R5. Revocations, savings and transitional provisions

18. Signature

19. ARRANGEMENT OF SCHEDULES

    1. 1

       Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund

    2. 2

       Maximum Pensions

    3. 3

       Commutation of Pensions

    4. 4

       Percentage Abatement of Pension Entitlement under Regulation H1

    5. 5

       Persons Qualifying for Childrens' Pensions

    6. 6

       Purchase of Added Years

    7. 7

       Revocations

    8. 8

       Reckonable Service

    9. 9

       Pension Entitlement

    10. 10

        Early Retirement and Early Abated Pensions

    11. 11

        Ill Health Pensions

    12. 12

        Widows, Widowers and Children

    13. 13

        Gratuities on death after retirement

    14. 14

        Refunds

20. Explanatory Note