2013 No. 2588

Pensions

The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Treasury, in exercise of the power conferred by section 5(2) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 19711 and now vested in them2 hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013, and come into force on 31st October 2013.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations, “the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

2

For the purposes of these Regulations the time when a pension “begins” is that stated in section 8(2) of the 1971 Act3.

Pensions to which the 1971 Act shall apply3

The 1971 Act shall have effect in relation to any pension payable under the Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC (being a scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 19724), as if it were a pension specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act.

Desmond SwayneStephen CrabbTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to any pension payable under the pension scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as they have no impact upon the private or voluntary sectors.