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  • Sch. 1 entry inserted by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 6 para. 15
  • Sch. 1 entry repealed by 1998 c. 32 Sch. 6
  • Sch. 1 words inserted by 2004 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 5(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gvo.uk. Sch. 8 repealed without ever being in force (1.2.2010) by 2009 c. 25, s. 142(6), Sch. 23 Pt. 5; S.I. 2010/145, art. 2)
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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Persons employed in the civil service, etc.

    1. 1.Superannuation schemes as respects civil servants, etc.

    2. 1A.List of employments and offices for purposes of section 1(4A)

    3. 2. Further provisions relating to schemes under s. 1.

    4. 3. Recovery in certain circumstances of payments by way of injury allowances.

    5. 4. Payments due to deceased persons.

    6. 5. Benefits under civil service superannuation schemes not assignable.

    7. 6. Power to repeal or amend Acts, etc.

  3. Persons employed in local government service, etc.

    1. 7. Superannuation of persons employed in local government service, etc.

    2. 8. Local Act schemes.

  4. Teachers

    1. 9. Superannuation of teachers.

  5. Persons engaged in health services, etc.

    1. 10. Superannuation of persons engaged in health services, etc.

  6. Provisions ancillary to sections 7 to 10

    1. 11. Statement of case by Secretary of State.

    2. 12. Further provisions as to regulations.

  7. Provisions relating to superannuation of various other persons

    1. 13. The Comptroller and Auditor General.

    2. 14. Metropolitan civil staffs.

    3. 15. Members of police forces, special constables and police cadets.

    4. 16. Members of fire brigades.

    5. 17. Persons employed by general lighthouse authorities, etc.

    6. 18. Employees of law societies.

    7. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 20. Officers and servants of certain river authorities.

    9. 21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 22. Pension schemes of various statutory bodies: removal of requirement to obtain Ministerial approval for certain determinations, etc.

    11. 23.(1) . . . . . . . . ....

  8. Miscellaneous and Supplemental

    1. 24. Compensation for loss of office, etc.

    2. 25.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 26. Financial provisions.

    4. 27. Dissolution of Civil Service Committee for Northern Ireland.

    5. 28. Certain enactments relating to superannuation of Forestry Commissioners and to declarations required from recipients of certain pensions to cease to have effect.

    6. 29. Amendments, savings, transitional provisions and repeals.

    7. 30. Short title, construction of references commencement and extent.

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Kinds of Employment, etc., Referred to in Section 1

      1. Museums and Galleries

      2. Royal Commissions and other Commissions

      3. Other Bodies

      4. Offices

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      The Existing Civil Service Superannuation Provisions

      1. Part I

        1. Enactments

      2. Part II

        1. Instruments

          1. The following, in so far as they are in force...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Provisions Which may be Included in Certain Regulations

      1. 1.Provision as to the means by which the cost of...

      2. 2.Provision for the establishment and administration of superannuation funds, the...

      3. 3.Provision for the payment and receipt of transfer values or...

      4. 4.Provision for reckoning in respect of a person to whom...

      5. 5.Provision for the making by such persons as may be...

      6. 6.Provision as to the circumstances in which contributions paid by...

      7. 7.Provision for securing that where— (a) the regulations provide for...

      8. 8.Provision authorising the payment, without probate or other proof of...

      9. 9.Provision rendering void any assignment of or charge on, or...

      10. 10.Provision for the determination of all questions arising under the...

      11. 11.Provision for conferring on such persons as may be prescribed...

      12. 12.Provision repealing or amending any provision in any Act of...

      13. 13.Such incidental, supplementary, consequential and transitional provisions as appear to...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Bodies to whom Section 22 relates

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Consequential and Minor Amendments.

      1. Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877.

        1. 1.In section 76 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act...

      2. Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889

        1. 2.In section 1 of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889...

      3. Clerks of Session (Scotland) Regulation Act 1889

        1. 3.For section 8 of the Clerks of Session (Scotland) Regulation...

        2. 4.. . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1922

        1. 5.In section 1(5) of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1922 for...

        2. 6.. . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7.. . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 8.. . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927

        1. 9.In section 1(3) of the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers...

        2. 10.In section 6 of the said Act of 1927 for...

        3. 11.. . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933

        1. 12.In section 28 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act...

        2. 13, 14.. . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 15.. . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Land Registration Act 1936

        1. 16.In section 7(a) of the Land Registration Act 1936 for...

      8. Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938

        1. 17.In the Schedule to the Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938,...

      9. Scottish Land Court Act 1938

        1. 18.In section 1(2) of the Scottish Land Court Act 1938...

      10. Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

        1. 19.In section 96 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947...

        2. 20.In section 260(2) of the said Act of 1947 for...

      11. Church Commissioners Measure 1947

        1. 21.For paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 17(1) of...

        2. 22.. . . . . . . . . ....

      12. Police Pensions Act 1948

        1. 23.. . . . . . . . . ....

      13. Local Government Act 1948

        1. 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      14. Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948

        1. 25.In section 2 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948—...

        2. 26.In section 17(1) of the said Act of 1948—

      15. National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949

        1. 27.In section 18 of the National Health (Amendment) Act 1949,...

        2. 28.. . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 29.For section 35 of the said Act of 1951 substitute—...

      16. Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951

        1. 30.In section 46(3) of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection...

        2. 31.In section 61(1) of the said Act of 1951 for...

        3. 32.In section 64 of the said Act of 1951 for...

        4. 33.In Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1951, in...

        5. 34.. . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 35.. . . . . . . . . ....

        7. 36, 37.. . . . . . . . . ....

        8. 38.. . . . . . . . . ....

      17. Covent Garden Market Act 1961

        1. 39.In Schedule 1 to the Covent Garden Market Act 1961,...

      18. Trustee Investments Act 1961

        1. 40.In section 11(4)(c) of the Trustee Investments Act 1961 for...

      19. Transport Act 1962

        1. 41.In Schedule 10 to the Transport Act 1962 in paragraph...

        2. 42.. . . . . . . . . ....

      20. Water Resources Act 1963

        1. 43.In section 97 of the Water Resources Act 1963—

        2. 44.. . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 45.. . . . . . . . . ....

      21. Police Act 1964

        1. 46.In Schedule 4 to the Police Act 1964, in paragraph...

        2. 47.. . . . . . . . . ....

      22. Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

        1. 48.In Schedule 1 to the Public Libraries and Museums Act...

        2. 49.—50.. . . . . . . . . ....

      23. Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

        1. 51.In section 7(7) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and...

      24. National Insurance Act 1965

        1. 52.. . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 53.. . . . . . . . . ....

      25. Redundancy Payments Act 1965

        1. 54.—55.. . . . . . . . . ....

      26. Superannuation Act 1965

        1. 56.In section 38 of the Superannuation Act 1965

        2. 57.In section 42(1) of the said Act of 1965 for...

        3. 58.In section 95 of the said Act of 1965—

        4. 59.. . . . . . . . . ....

      27. Forestry Act 1967

        1. 60.In Schedule 1 to the Forestry Act 1967, in paragraph...

        2. 61.In the said Schedule 1, for paragraph 10(3), substitute—

        3. 62.In the said Schedule 1, at the end of paragraph...

      28. Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

        1. 63.In Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in...

        2. 64.In the said Schedule 1, in paragraph 3,—

      29. Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967

        1. 65.In section 4(6) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967...

        2. 66.In section 7 of the said Act of 1967—

        3. 67.In section 18(4) of the said Act of 1967 for...

      30. Air Corporations Act 1967

        1. 68.. . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 69.. . . . . . . . . ....

      31. Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

        1. 70.In section 7(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 for...

      32. Rent Act 1968

        1. 71.. . . . . . . . . ....

      33. Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969

        1. 72.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      34. Post Office Act 1969

        1. 73.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

        2. 74.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      35. Trustee Savings Banks Act 1969

        1. 75.—76.. . . . . . . . . ....

      36. Taxes Management Act 1970

        1. 77.In section 3(3) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 after...

      37. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970

        1. 78.In section 210 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act...

        2. 79.. . . . . . . . . ....

      38. Courts Act 1971

        1. 80.At the end of section 27 of the Courts Act...

        2. 81.In Schedule 10 to the said Act for 1971, in...

      39. Rent (Scotland) Act 1971

        1. 82.In section 37(4) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 for...

      40. National Savings Bank Act 1971

        1. 83.In section 24(1)(a) of the National Savings Bank Act 1971...

      41. Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

        1. 84.In section 4(4) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 for...

        2. 85.In section 5(1) of the said Act of 1971 after...

        3. 86.In section 8(1) of the said Act of 1971 at...

        4. 87.In section 9 of the said Act of 1971 after...

        5. 88.In section 13 of the said Act of 1971 for...

        6. 89.In Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1971—

        7. 90.In Schedule 3 to the said Act of 1971—

      42. Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971

        1. 91.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      43. Industrial Relations Act 1971

        1. 92.In section 150(4) of the Industrial Relations Act 1971 for...

        2. 93.In Schedule 3 of the said Act of 1971, at...

        3. 94, 95.. . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 96.. . . . . . . . . ....

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Savings and Transitional Provisions

      1. Provisions relating to civil servants, etc.

        1. 1.(1) The repeal of any enactment by this Act shall...

        2. 2.(1) Any determination, decision, surrender, election or nomination made, certificate,...

        3. 3.Any reference in any Act or document to the Superannuation...

      2. Provisions relating to persons employed in local government service, etc.

        1. 4.The repeal of any enactment by this Act shall not...

        2. 5.(1) Notwithstanding any repeal made by this Act—

      3. Table

      4. Enactments applying toEngland and Wales

        1. 1.The Local Government Superannuation Act 1937, except section 17(2), 26(4),...

        2. 2.Sections 3 to 9 of the Local Government Staffs (War...

        3. 3.Sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

        4. 4.Section 72 of the Representation of the People Act 1948....

        5. 5.Paragraph 8(6) of Schedule 2 to the Justices of the...

        6. 6.The Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, except sections 12, 17(4),...

        7. 7.Section 77(3) of the London Government Act 1963.

        8. 8.Section 97(1) of the Water Resources Act 1963.

        9. 9.Paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 4 to the Police Act 1964....

        10. 10.Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Public Libraries and...

        11. 11.Paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 10 to the Courts...

      5. Enactments applying to Scotland

        1. 1.The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1937, except sections 22(3),...

        2. 2.Sections 3 to 9 of the Local Government Staffs (War...

        3. 3.Section 3 of the Association of County Councils (Scotland) Act...

        4. 4.Sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

        5. 5.Section 14(2) and (3) of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)...

        6. 6.The Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, except sections 12, 17(4),...

      6. Provisions relating to teachers

        1. 6.(1) Regulations made under any provision of the Teachers Superannuation...

        2. 7.(1) Regulations made under any provision of the Teachers Superannuation...

      7. Provisions relating to persons engaged in health services, etc.

        1. 8.(1) Regulations made under section 67 of the National Health...

        2. 9.Regulations made under section 35 of the Health Services and...

      8. Provisions relating to other persons

        1. 10.(1) The repeal of sections 2 and 3 of the...

        2. 11.The repeal by this Act of section 665 of the...

        3. 12.The repeal of any enactment by this Act shall not...

        4. 13.Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of sub-paragraphs (i), (ii)...

      9. Provisions relating to certain rules

        1. 14.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of any...

        2. 15.Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 1 of...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Repeals

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