Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a Special Health Authority, to be known as the NHS Pensions Agency (Asiantaeth Pensiynau'r GIG) (“the Agency”), to exercise functions, in England and Wales, in connection with the NHS Pension Scheme and, in England, in connection with the making of grants, and payment of fees and allowances under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 and such other functions as, in relation to England, the Secretary of State and, in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales may direct it to perform.
Article 2 of the Order establishes the Agency, the functions of which are described in article 3 and are to be specified more particularly in directions given by the Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Agency (article 4), for the remuneration of its members (article 5), for the admission of the public to meetings (article 6), for the transfer and enforceability of rights and liabilities (article 7) and the transfer of officers (article 8).