The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Grants to Members and Officeholders and Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Amendment Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1891
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Grants to Members and Officeholders and Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th July 1999.

(2) In this Order “the Grants to Members and Officeholders Order ” means the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Grants to Members and Officeholders) Order 1999 and “the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Order ” means the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Grants to Members and Officeholders Order

In article 4(2) of the Grants to Members and Officeholders Order (ill-health retirement grant for members) for the words “ article 2” substitute “article 3”.

Section 3 Amendment of the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Order

(1) The Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In paragraph (3)(b) of article J1 (ill-health pensions based on service as a participant) after the words “or (b)” insert the words “or, as the case may be, paragraph (2)(a) or (b)”.

(3) In article P1 (transfers to other pension schemes) –

(a) in paragraph (4) for the words “paragraph (1)(b)” substitute the words “paragraph (3)(b)”; and

(b) in paragraph (5) for the words “paragraph (1)(a)” and “paragraph (2)(b)” substitute respectively the words “paragraph (3)(a)” and “paragraph (3)(b)”.

(4) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (Scottish Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund) for the words “paragraph 3” substitute “paragraph 2”.