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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 609

The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1991

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 609

PARLIAMENT

The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Made11th March 1991
Laid before Parliament12th March 1991
Coming into force2nd April 1991

    The Leader of the House of Commons, in exercise of the powersconferred on him by section 2(1) and (4) of the Parliamentary and otherPensions Act 1987[1], with the consent of the Treasury, and afterconsultation with the trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory PensionFund and with such persons as appeared to him to represent personslikely to be affected by the Regulations, hereby makes the followingRegulations:

    Citation and commencement
        1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Pensions(Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd April1991.
    Interpretation
        2.    In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

        (1)  "the 1972 Act" means the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972[2] as amended by the Parliamentary and other Pensions andSalaries Act 1976[3], the Parliamentary Pensions Act 1978[4] and the Parliamentary Pensions Etc. Act 1984[5].

        (2)  Expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning which theybear in the existing enactments as defined in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2to the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987.
    Maximum pension
        3.    In section 3 of the 1972 Act (contributions from Parliamentaryremuneration) after subsection (7) there shall be inserted:
      "  (8)  Where on or after 2nd April 1991 a person's aggregate period ofreckonable service as a Member (increased where appropriate by theaddition of any period under section 22(3) of this Act or by thepurchase of added years by virtue of section 11 of the Act of 1978)exceeds that which would give rise to the maximum pension allowed inrespect of that person under section 7(3A) of this Act, and that Memberhas not attained the age of 65, no deduction shall be made from hissalary under this section."
    Early retirement
        4.    In section 7 of the 1972 Act after subsection (4A) there shall beinserted:
      "  (4B)  Where on or after 2nd April 1991 a person who
        (a) is a Member of the House of Commons and ceases to be a Member ofthat House;
        (b) has attained the age of fifty years; and
        (c) has been a Member of that House for a period of not less thanfifteen years, or for two or more periods amounting in the aggregate tonot less than fifteen years (hereinafter referred to in respect of aperson as his"qualifying period"), applies in writing to the trustees for an immediate pension underthis section, then, if the trustees are satisfied that he does notintend to stand for re-election to that House, he shall be entitled toreceive a pension under this section as if he had attained the age of 65years on the date of his application or, if later, such other date asmay be there specified; but the annual amount of the pension to which heis so entitled, both before and after he attains the age of 65 years,shall (subject to sections 11 and 31 of this Act) be an amountcalculated in accordance with Schedule 5 to this Act.

          (4C)  For the purposes of subsection (4B)(c) of this section service of aperson as a Member of the Parliament of the European Communities,whether rendered before or after 2nd April 1991, may count towards hisqualifying period to the extent that it is not concurrent with serviceas a Member of the House of Commons."
        5.    After Schedule 4 to the 1972 Act there shall be inserted:


Notes:

[1] 1987 c. 45.

[2] 1972 c. 48.

[3] 1976 c. 48.

[4] 1978 c. 56.

[5] 1984 c. 52.

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