Commencement, Citation, Interpretation

1.—(1) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st October 1966, and may be cited as the London Transport (Male Wages Grades Pensions) Order 1966.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Transport Act 1962;

“employment by the London Transport Executive” means employment by the British Transport Commission which was by virtue of section 5(9) of the Transport Act 1947 treated as employment by the London Transport Executive;

“the London Board” means the London Transport Board;

“the Minister” means the Minister of Transport;

“the Railways Board” means the British Railways Board;

“nationalised transport body” means any of the following, namely, the Railways Board, the London Board, the British Transport Docks Board, the British Waterways Board, the Transport Holding Company, any subsidiary of any of the foregoing bodies and (but only as respects any period before the 1st January 1963) the British Transport Commission and any subsidiary of that Commission;

“transferred contributing member” , “transferred non-contributing member”, “transferred pensioner” and “person with transferred rights of readmission” have the meanings respectively given in Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Order;

“this Scheme” means the pension scheme established by this Order;

“the 1954 Scheme” means the British Transport Commission (Male Wages Grades) Pension Scheme established by the British Transport Commission (Male Wages Grades Pensions) Regulations 1954(1) (as that Scheme now has effect subject to the provisions of any Orders made by the Minister under Section 74 of the Transport Act 1962) , and “the 1954 Scheme Rules” means the rules of that Scheme set out in the Schedule to those Regulations, as amended by the British Transport Commission (Male Wages Grades Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 1957 and 1960, and as having effect subject to the provisions of any such Orders;

“the period of deemed membership of Section A of the 1954 Scheme”, in relation to a member of that Scheme, means the years of deemed membership with which he has been credited under Rule 8 of the Rules of that Scheme;

“the 1964 Pensions Order” means the British Transport Reorganisation (Pensions of Employees) (No. 1) Order 1964(2) .

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(1)

(1954 I, p. 175).

(2)

(1964 II, p. 3034).