Explanatory Notes

Pensions Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 35

18 November 2004

Commentary on Sections

Part 9 – Miscellaneous and Supplementary

General

Section 313: Crown Application

1295.This section deals with the application of the Act to the Crown, specifying in particular which provisions apply to the Crown.

1296.Subsections (2), (3) and (4) provide for certain parts of the Act to apply to pension schemes managed by or on behalf of the Crown as they apply to other pension schemes and to Crown servants as if they were in employment with a private person. Subsection (5) provides however for nothing in the provisions which so apply to apply to Her Majesty in her private capacity.