b

the superannuation benefits to be granted to or in respect of him on his retirement or death not to be less than those which might have been awarded had the provisions of the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and then in force applied to him, and the Commissioners shall have the like power to permit the allocation of such benefits to the spouse or dependents of such an officer as they would have had by virtue of section 1 of the Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938 had not that section been repealed.