The Pensions Increase (Past Prime Ministers) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/787
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Past Prime Ministers) Regulations 1991, and shall come into force on 8th April 1991.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the 1971 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

“the 1991 Act ” means the Ministerial and other Pensions and salaries Act 1991

Section 3 Interpretation

The provisions of the 1971 Act shall apply in relation to—

(a) a pension payable under section 3 of the Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (pensions of Prime Ministers) as increased by section 1(5) of the 1991 Act, and

(b) a pension payable under section 26 or 27 of the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972 to or in respect of a person who has held office as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, as increased by section 1(5) of the 1991 Act

subject to the modifications and exceptions specified in the following provisions of these regulations.

Section 4 Interpretation

For the purposes of the 1971 Act a pension paid to a person who ceased to hold office as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury before 28th February 1991 shall be deemed to have begun on that date and the “basic rate”of that pension means the pension as increased by the 1991 Act.

Section 5 Interpretation

The annual rate of the pension to which these regulations apply shall be increased in respect of any period on or after 8th April 1991.

Section 6 Interpretation

The Pensions Increase (Past Prime Ministers) Regulations 1972 and the Pensions Increase (Past Prime Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 1979 are hereby revoked.