Pensions (Increase) Act 1974

3 Amendments of Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. U.K.

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(2) In section 3(3)(b) and (6) of the Act of 1971 (which among other things provide for increase in pursuance of that Act in respect of persons who have not attained the age of sixteen) for the word “sixteen” there shall be substituted the word “seventeen”.

(3) Subsection (4) of section 3 of the Act of 1971 (which provides that an increase in pursuance of that Act of a widow’s pension shall not be payable unless a qualifying condition mentioned in that subsection is satisfied) shall cease to have effect, and accordingly—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in sections 1(1), . . . , F2 3(1) and 6(5) and (6) of that Act, Article 3(1) of the M1 Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1972, Article 3(1) of the M2 Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1973 and the Schedules to those Orders, after the words ”is satisfied” there shall be inserted the words ”or the pension is a widow’s pension”; and

but nothing in this subsection affects any increase which became payable before the passing of this Act and no increase shall be payable by virtue of this subsection in respect of any period before 1st December 1974.

(4) The following amendments of the Act of 1971 shall come into force on 16th May 1975, namely—

(a) at the end of subsection (3) of section 13 (which empowers the Minister for the Civil Service to make regulations empowering or requiring a local authority to provide certain benefits for persons employed by that or, in certain circumstances, another local authority who are subject to certain superannuation schemes) there shall be inserted the words— “ In this subsection the reference to another local authority shall include a reference to any county council, town council or district council and any other authority to whom section 270 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 applied. ”;

(b) in Schedule 3, in paragraph 6(1), for paragraph (b) (which defines “local authority” in relation to Scotland) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) in Scotland any regional, islands or district council.”;

(c) In Schedule 3, at the end of paragraph 6(2) (which provides that references in that Act to a local authority shall apply also to certain other bodies) there shall be inserted the words “;and

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

(d) in Schedule 3, in paragraph 7(1) (which defines “local government service” for the purposes of that Act) after the words “any local authority” there shall be inserted the words “,any county council, town council or district council and any other authority to whom section 270 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 applied”.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 3(1) repealed by Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), Sch. 5

F2 Words repealed by Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), s. 65(3), Sch. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 1(3), 2(3), 3(2)(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

C2 the text of S. 3(3)(a)(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force, and except as specified,does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1972/1298

M2 S. I. 1973/1370