7(1)For the purposes of this Act “local government service” means service under any local authority [F1, any county council, town council or district council and any other authority to whom section 270 of the M1Local 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 M2Local 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 M3Local Government Staffs (War Service) Act 1939; and
(b)section 51(4) (firemen employed in training institutions) of the M4London County Council (General Powers) Act 1949.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 (c. 9), s. 3(4)(d)
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