Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

Meaning of “local authority” and “local government service” E+W+S

6 (1) For the purposes of this Act “local authority” means— E+W+S

[F1 ( a) in England and Wales—

[F2 [F3 (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

[F4 (ia) a fire and rescue authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;]]

[F5 (ib ) the London Fire Commissioner;]

(ii) a levying body within the meaning of section 74 of [F6 the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ]; and

(iii) a body as regards which section 75 of that Act applies; and]]

[F7 (b) in Scotland any regional, islands or district council.]

(2) References in this Act to a local authority shall apply also

(a) to any joint board or joint committee established under or by virtue of any Act if all the constituent authorities are local authorities; and

(b) to any other joint committee established by a combination scheme under section 5(1) and (2) of the M1 Local Government and other Officers’ Superannuation Act 1922 or under section 2 of the M2 Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 or the M3 Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1937 [F8 or in accordance with regulations made under section 7 of the M4 Superannuation Act 1972 ] ; and

(c) in relation to cases where they are the employing authority for purposes of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 or the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1937 [F9 or for the purposes of regulations made under section 7 of the M5 Superannuation Act 1972 ] , any passenger transport executive [F10 for the purposes of Part II of the M6 Transport Act 1968 ] [F11 and

(d) in Scotland to any water development board within the meaning of the M7 Water (Scotland) Act 1967 and to any river purification board established under the M8 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. ]

Textual Amendments

F1 Para. 6(1)(a) substituted by S.I. 1974/595 , art. 3(16)

F2 Sch. 3 paras. 6(1)(a)(i)-(iii) substituted for words (E.W.) by S.I. 1990/776 , arts. 2(2) , 8 , Sch. 3 para. 14

F3 Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a)(i)(ia) substituted for para. 6(1)(a)(i) (2.11.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) , s. 117(1) , Sch 13 , para. 30 ; S.I. 1992/2454 , art. 2 .

F4 Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a)(ia) substituted (1.10.2004 for specified purposes except in relation to W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 36(2); S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2

F5 Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a)(ib) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 34; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

F6 Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a)(ii) substituted (1.10.2004 for specified purposes except in relation to W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 36(3); S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2

F7 Para. 6(1)(b) substituted by Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 (c. 9) , s. 3(4)(b)

F8 Words inserted by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) , Sch. 6 para. 90(b)

F9 Words inserted by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) , Sch. 6 para. 90(c)

F10 Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126) , s. 57(6) , Sch. 3 para. 23

F11 Words inserted by Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 (c. 9) , s. 3(4)(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 1922 c. 59 .

M2 1937 c. 68 .

M3 1937 c. 69 .

M4 1972 c. 11 .

M5 1972 c. 11 .

M6 1968 c.73 ( 126 ).

M7 1967 c. 78 .

M8 1973 c. 65 .

7 (1) For the purposes of this Act “local government service” means service under any local authority [F12 , any county council, town council or district council and any other authority to whom section 270 of the M9 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 applied] but includes service which by virtue of any enactment mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below is, for superannuation purposes, treated as service under a local authority. E+W+S

(2) The enactments referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

(a) the following enactments (which relate to war service), that is to say,—

(i) sections 2 and 3 of the M10 Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916;

(ii) section 12(3) of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 or of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1937;

(iii) section 3 of the M11 Local Government Staffs (War Service) Act 1939; and

(b) section 51(4) (firemen employed in training institutions) of the M12 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1949.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words inserted by Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 (c. 9), s. 3(4)(d)

Marginal Citations

M9 1947 c. 43.

M10 1916 c. 12.

M11 1939 c. 94.

M12 1949 c. 1v.