(1)The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service, may by regulations made as respects any pension to which this section applies—
(a)direct that the provisions of Part I of this Act shall, with such modifications, adaptations and exceptions as may be specified in the regulations, apply as if the pension were an official pension specified in Part I of Schedule 2, or
(b)authorise the payment by the Secretary of State of supplements to the pension of such amount as may be specified in the regulations.
(2)This section applies to—
(a)any pension payable under section 1 of the M1Overseas Pensions Act 1973, and
(b)any pension payable under a scheme made under section 2 of that Act, other than a pension within paragraph 27A of Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3)This section also applies to any derivative pension payable either by the government of an overseas territory or in accordance with an enactment, scheme or other instrument specified in the regulations as being approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this section, where related principal pensions—
(a)are payable under section 1 of the M2Overseas Pensions Act 1973, or under a scheme made under section 2 of that Act, or
(b)fall within section 10(b) or section 11(2)(c) above.
(4)The provisions of subsections (4) to (7) of section 11 of this Act (so far as applicable) shall have effect in relation to this section as they have effect in relation to that section.
(5)For the purposes of this section principal pensions are related to a derivative pension if they are payable wholly or partly in respect of the same kind of service as the derivative pension.