15. Article 14 (except paragraph (5)) shall apply in relation to—
(a)orders under section 4 of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919 [1919 c.68] (as applied to members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary by section 2 of the Constabulary Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 [1922 c.8] , extended by the Constabulary (Pensions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 [1949 c.9] and continued by section 33(2) of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 [1970 c.9] );
(b)regulations under the Special Constables Act 1914 [1914 c.6] (as applied to members of the Ulster Special Constabulary by section 8 of the Constabulary Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 [1922 c.8] and continued by section 33(2) of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970);
[F1(c)regulations relating to pensions under section 25 or 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998]
as it applies in relation to regulations under Article 9, 11 or 12.
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17. Any body specified in column 1 of Schedule 4 may make any determination relating to, or connected with, the provision of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of persons employed by it which it has power to make under the transferred provision specified in relation to that body in column 2 of that Schedule without obtaining the approval or agreement of any government department whose approval of, or agreement to, that determination is required by virtue of that transferred provision.
18. The repeal by this Order of any provisions of the Superannuation Acts (Northern Ireland) 1967 and 1969 shall not affect the continued operation of those Acts so far as immediately before the repeal takes effect they apply in relation to any of the persons listed in Schedule 5.