Part VI

Departments and Officers

Superannuation of statutory officers.
72
1
A statutory officer shall be deemed for the purposes of section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 to be employed in the civil service of the state and, subject to the following provisions of this section, the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of that Act shall apply to him accordingly.
2
In its application to a statutory officer in respect of his service as such the principal civil service pension scheme shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 4.
3
Subsection (2) shall not apply to a statutory officer appointed by virtue of section 70(3) unless the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Minister for the Civil Service, so directs.
4
This section does not apply to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.
1972 c. 11.
S. 72(2): power to amend conferred by S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18), art. 18(3)(j)
S. 72(2): power to modify conferred (N.I.) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, 186(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(j); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
S. 72(4) added (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, ss. 31, Sch. 8 para.14; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2