The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/599
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations–

“the 1972 Act ” means the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972 ;

“the 1978 Act ” means the Parliamentary Pensions Act 1978 ;

“the 1987 Act ” means the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987 ;

“the 1991 Act ” means the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 .

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning which they bear in the 1987 Act and in the existing enactments as defined in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Act.

Section 3 Reduction of Members' contributions

In section 3(2A) of the 1972 Act (contibutions from Parliamentary remuneration) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) shall be deleted and for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted:

(d) in the case of a period beginning on or after 1st January 1987 and before 1st April 1992, nine per cent; and

(e) in the case of a period beginning on or after 1st April 1992, six per cent.

Section 4 Reduction of contributions of holders of Ministerial and other offices

In section 4(3AA) of the 1972 Act (contributions from holders of Ministerial and other offices) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (d) shall be deleted and for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted:

(e) in the case of a period or part of a period beginning on or after 1st January 1987 and before 1st April 1992, nine per cent; and

(f) in the case of a period or part of a period beginning on or after 1st April 1992, six per cent.

Section 5 Enhancement of service in relation to ill-health pensions

In the 1978 Act–

(a) in section 2(4) , for the words “subject to subsection (5) below” to the end, there shall be substituted:

be increased by a period equal to the period between his ceasing as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above and the time when he would attain the age of sixty-five years.

(b) section 2(5) shall be deleted;

(c) in section 2(6), for the words “References in subsections (4) and (5) above to a person’s aggregate period of reckonable service as a Member are references”, there shall be substituted:

Reference in subsection (4) above to a person’s aggregate period of reckonable service as a Member is a reference

(d) in section 2(7), for “subsections (1) to (5)” there shall be substituted “subsections (1) to (4)”, and in sub-paragraph (iii), the words “paragraph (a) and” shall be deleted.

Section 6 Modification of section 6 of the 1991 Act

In section 6(1) of the 1991 Act–

(a) the words “any financial year” shall be substituted for the words “each financial year”, and

(b) for the words “subsections (2) to (7) of that section shall cease to have effect” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (6) and (7) of that section shall cease to have effect” and subsections (2) and (3) shall be modified as follows–

(a) in subsection (2), for the words “Subject to subsection (6) below” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section 6(1) of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991”, and

(b) in subsection (3), for the words “with the relevant date” there shall be substituted the words “on 1 April 1993”.

Section 7 Transitional provision

Regulation 5 shall only have effect in relation to a person who, on or after 1st April 1992, ceases, as mentioned in section 2(1)(a) or (b) of the 1978 Act, to be a Member of the House of Commons before attaining the age of sixty-five years, or to hold a qualifying office before attaining that age.