The Local Government Superannuation (England and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1954

Definitions and adaptations of references

3.—(1) In regulation 2 (which defines expressions used in the principal regulations), in paragraph (2) the words “local Act contributor” shall be omitted and there shall be inserted the following definitions—

“the Act of 1953” means the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1953;

“added years” —

(a)

in relation to an English contributory employee means additional years of service reckonable by him under regulations made by the Minister under section 1 and subsection (1) of section 2 of the Act of 1953 or under regulations made by the Minister under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the English Act, or under these regulations or under a local Act, and in relation to an English local Act contributor means any additional years of service similarly reckonable under a local Act scheme or under these regulations; and

(b)

in relation to a Scottish contributory employee means additional years of service reckonable by him under regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 1 and subsection (1) of section 2 of the Act of 1953 or under regulations made by the Secretary of State under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Scottish Act, or under these regulations or under a local Act, and in relation to a Scottish local Act contributor means any additional years of service similarly reckonable under a local Act scheme or under these regulations;

“the English benefits regulations” means the Local Government Superannuation (Benefits) Regulations, 1954;

“English local Act contributor” means a local Act contributor within the meaning of the English Act in the employment of an English local Act authority;

“the Minister” means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

“qualifying service” means service which is reckonable only for the purpose of determining whether a person is qualified to receive a superannuation benefit and not for the purpose of calculating the amount of that benefit;

“Scottish local Act contributor” means a local Act contributor within the meaning of the Scottish Act in the employment of a Scottish local Act authority;

“the Scottish benefits regulations” means the Local Government Superannuation (Benefits) (Scotland) Regulations, 1954.

(2) Throughout the principal regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) any reference to a specific provision of the English Act or the Scottish Act shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended by the Act of 1953 and any other reference to the English Act or the Scottish Act shall be construed as a reference to the Local Government Superannuation Acts, 1937 to 1953, or, as the case may be, the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Acts, 1937 to 1953;

(b) any reference to a local Act scheme shall include a reference to any scheme made in relation thereto under section 26 of the English Act (which relates to the modification of local Act schemes in consequence of the English Act), section 22 of the Scottish Act (which relates to the modification of local Act schemes in consequence of the Scottish Act) or section 3 or section 22 of the Act of 1953 (both of which sections relate to the modification of local Acts in consequence of the Act of 1953);

(c) any reference to a scheme under section 26 of the English Act and any reference to a scheme under section 22 of the Scottish Act shall include a reference to a scheme made under section 3 or section 22 of the Act of 1953;

(d) any reference to a superannuation allowance under Part I of the English Act and any reference to a superannuation allowance under Part I of the Scottish Act shall include a reference to a benefit under the English benefits regulations or, as the case may be, to a benefit under the Scottish benefits regulations, being in either case a benefit by way of annual amount such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection (3) of section 1 of the Act of 1953.