The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2100
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th August 1999.

(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations ” means the Parliamentary Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1993 .

Section 2 Amendments of the Principal Regulations

The amendments to Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect.

Section 1

In paragraph 1 for “nine” there shall be substituted “ten” and there shall be inserted at the end “of whom one shall be a pensioner Member.”.

Section 2

For paragraph 2 there shall be substituted:

With the exception of the pensioner Member referred to in paragraph 1, no person shall be appointed to be a Managing Trustee unless he is a Member of the House of Commons.

Section 3

After paragraph 2 there shall be inserted:

(2A) Where a Managing Trustee ceases to be a Member of the House of Commons he shall continue in office until–

(a) he is removed, or

(b) another Managing Trustee is appointed in his place, or

(c) he resigns.

Section 4

For paragraph 5 there shall be substituted:–

(1) Each Managing Trustee shall be indemnified out of the Fund against all liabilities incurred in the performance or purported performance of his functions except where the Managing Trustee has acted dishonestly, in bad faith or recklessly.

(2) There shall not be purchased out of the Fund any indemnity insurance covering any of the liabilities mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above (including those where the exception applies).