The Superannuation (Application of the Superannuation Act 1972, Section 1) (No.2) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2092

PENSIONS

The Superannuation (Application of the Superannuation Act 1972, Section 1) (No.2) Order 1999

Made

23rd July 1999

Laid before Parliament

23rd July 1999

Coming into force

1st September 1999

The Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5) of the Superannuation Act 1972(1) and now vested in him(2), hereby makes the following Order:–

1.  This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Application of the Superannuation Act 1972, Section 1) (No.2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

2.  Employment by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is added to the employments listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972.

Jack Cunningham

Minister for the Cabinet Office for the Minister for the Civil Service

23rd July 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (under which the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme and the Civil Service Compensation Scheme have been made) applies to employments and offices listed in Schedule 1 to that Act.

This Order adds employment by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to those listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body was established by section 21 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The corporation provides staff for the Scottish Parliament. Its powers to appoint staff and to pay pensions are in Schedule 2 to the Scotland Act 1998.

(1)

1976 c. 11. The power under section 1(5) is subject to section 1(6), which has been amended by section 125(1) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

See article 2(1)(c) of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670) and article 3 of the Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/269).