171 Equal treatment in relation to official pensions.U.K.
(1)Section 3 of the M1Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (qualifying conditions for pensions increase) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)(c), “ is a woman who ” is omitted.
(3)In subsection (10)—
(a)for “woman is in receipt of a pension” there is substituted “ person is in receipt of a pension the whole or any part of ”, and
(b)for “woman and that pension” there is substituted “ person and that pension or part ”.
(4)In subsection (11)—
(a)for “woman’s” there is substituted “ person’s ”, and
(b)for “woman” there is substituted “ person ”,
and accordingly for “she” there is substituted “ he ”.
(5)This section shall have effect, and shall be deemed to have had effect, in relation to pensions commencing after 17th May 1990, and in relation to so much of any such pension as is referable to service on or after that date.
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