1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Special Constables (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 1979.

2.  These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st March 1979 and shall have effect—

(a) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of Regulation 3, as from 1st December 1975;

(b) for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that Regulation, as from 6th April 1978.

3.  The Special Constables (Pensions) Regulations 1973, as amended(1), shall have effect—

(a) from 1st December 1975 subject to the amendments specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) from 6th April 1978 subject to the amendments specified in Part II of that Schedule.

Merlyn Rees

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

26th January 1979