Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

13 Pensions under approved pension schemes,

(1) The Minister for the Civil Service may make regulations for conferring on persons who—

(a) are or have been employed in the civil service of the State; and

(b) were recruited and are or were so employed in a territory outside the United Kingdom ; and

(c) are or were subject to a superannuation scheme approved by the Minister for purposes of this section ;

such benefits (enjoyable after the termination of the employment) as appear to the Minister to be appropriate having regard to the benefits provided by Part I of this Act for persons whose superannuation benefits are regulated under the [1965 c. 74.] Superannuation Act 1965 and to the circumstances of that territory.

(2) The Minister for the Civil Service may make regulations for conferring on persons who—

(a) are or have been employed in the civil service of the State or in any capacity listed in Schedule 6 to this Act; and

(b) are or were subject to a superannuation scheme operated under the Federated Superannuation System for Universities, to the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Nurses and Hospital Officers or to any other scheme approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section;

such benefits (enjoyable after the termination of the employment) as appear to the Minister to be appropriate having regard to the benefits provided by Part I of this Act for persons whose superannuation benefits are regulated under the [1965 c. 74.] Superannuation Act 1965.

(3) The Minister for the Civil Service may also make regulations for empowering or requiring a local authority to provide such benefits as aforesaid for persons who are or have been employed by the authority or, in connection with functions afterwards transferred to the authority, have been employed by another local authority, and who are or were subject to any such superannuation scheme as is mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above.

(4) Any power to make regulations conferred by this section on the Minister for the Civil Service shall be exercisable also, with his approval, by the Secretary of State.

(5) Regulations under this section may make different provision for different classes of person, and may provide for benefits to take effect from a date before the making of the regulations.