The Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 1978

• Citation: S.I. 1978/289
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 1978, and shall come into operation on 30th March 1978.

(2) Expressions in these regulations have the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1973 or, as the case may be, the Social Security Pensions Act 1975.

(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 2 Schemes to be treated as public service pension schemes

The occupational pension schemes the names of which are set out in the Schedule to these regulations shall be treated for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Act 1973 and of Parts III, IV and IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 as public service pension schemes.