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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund) Regulations 1966 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1967.
2.—(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—
“contributor” means
“contributory service” means
“Crown Agents” means
“Medical Adviser” means
“on medical grounds” in relation to the retirement of a contributor means
“the Minister” means
“pension age” means
“the rate of the pension of the deceased” means
“the Scheme” means
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) References in these Regulations to any enactment, regulations, rules, scheme or other instrument shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the said enactment, regulations, rules, scheme or other instrument as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, regulations, rules, scheme or instrument.
(4) References in these Regulations to a regulation or to a Part or to a Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to a regulation of these Regulations or to a Part of these Regulations or to a Schedule annexed to these Regulations, as the case may be.
(5) (a) Any reference in these Regulations, whether express or implied, to an adopted child of a person shall be construed as a reference to a child adopted by him (whether alone or jointly with any other person) in pursuance of an adoption order made under the Adoption Act 1958 or any corresponding enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or (provided that the adoption proceedings terminate in an adoption order in favour of the spouse of that person) in process of being so adopted, or adopted, or (provided as aforesaid) in process of being adopted by him (whether alone or jointly with any other person) in accordance with the law of the place where he was domiciled at the time of the adoption or intended adoption and references, whether express or implied, to a person by whom a child has been adopted shall be construed accordingly; and any reference to an adoption order made under the Adoption Act 1958 shall be construed as including a reference to any Act repealed by the Adoption Act 1958 or by the Adoption Act 1950 or to the corresponding provisions of any Act so repealed.
(b)A person shall be deemed for t he purposes of these Regulations to be in his period of childhood and full-time education if either—
(i)he is under the age of sixteen, or
(ii)he has since attaining the age of sixteen continuously received and is receiving full-time instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment, or is undertaking training for any trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that he devotes his whole time to that education or to that training by attending a course of which the duration is not less than two years and, while he is undertaking the training, the emoluments receivable by him or payable by the employer in respect of him, exclusive of any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training, do not exceed £115 per annum, or if greater than £115 per annum, such other sum as shall from time to time have effect for the purposes of section 212(4) of the Income Tax Act 1952.
(c)In relation to any period during which the conditions specified in subparagraph (b)(ii) of this paragraph are not satisfied in respect of a person, the Minister may, if he thinks fit and is satisfied that the person's full-time education ought not to be regarded as completed, direct either—
(i)that the period shall be treated for the purposes of that paragraph as if such conditions were satisfied, or
(ii)that the period shall be treated for the purposes of that paragraph as if such conditions were satisfied and shall also be treated as part of his full-time education for all the other purposes of these Regulations.
(6) (a) Subject to the provision of this paragraph, references in these Regulations to salary shall be construed as references to—
(i)the annual salary attached to the office held by the contributor, and
(ii)any other allowance enjoyed by the contributor and approved for the purposes of the Scheme by the Minister.
(b)Where any contributor is in receipt of any salary or emoluments of office which, in the opinion of the Minister, have been fixed having regard to the absence in his terms and conditions of employment of any provision for superannuation benefits, the Minister may determine the amount of the contributor's salary to be taken for the purposes of the Scheme.
(c)A contributor may on becoming a contributor to the Scheme elect that for the purposes of the Scheme his salary shall be an amount less than the amount prescribed by sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph:
(i) the amount for which he elects shall be a multiple of £100;
(ii) the amount shall not be less than £1,000;
(iii) the contributor may at any anniversary of his election elect to increase or decrease the amount by any multiple of £100 to an amount not exceeding his salary and not less than £1,000.
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