A5.—(1) In these Regulations the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively which they had for the purposes of the National Insurance Act 1965(1) immediately before its repeal by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975(2)—
“employed contributor’s employment”;
“graduated contribution”;
“graduated retirement benefit”;
“non-participating employment”;
“payment in lieu of contributions”.
(2) In these Regulations any reference to state pensionable age is a reference to the age of 65 years in the case of a man, or 60 years in the case of a woman.
(3) In these Regulations any reference to a participating period of relevant employment is a reference to a period of employed contributor’s employment after 5th April 1961 and before state pensionable age other than—
(a)service in the armed forces, and
(b)non-participating employment at the end of which no payment in lieu of contributions fell to be made;
and for the purposes of this paragraph a period of employed contributor’s employment or of non-participating employment shall be treated as continuing during periods of holiday, temporary incapacity for work and similar temporary interruptions.
(4) In these Regulations any reference to the secured portion of a pension is a reference to the portion of the pension which equals the graduated retirement benefit which would be payable to the pensioner, on the assumption that he retired from regular employment on attaining state pensionable age, in return for a payment in lieu of contributions in respect of the whole of any period of non-participating employment by reason of which he is entitled to reckon pensionable service for the purposes of the pension, being a period of non-participating employment at the end of which no payment in lieu of contributions in fact fell to be made; and any reference to the unsecured portion of a pension shall be construed accordingly.
For the purposes of this paragraph a period of non-participating employment shall be treated as continuing during periods of holiday, temporary incapacity for work and similar temporary interruptions.
(5) For the purposes of these Regulations the annual rate of graduated retirement benefit shall be calculated as if there were 52⅙ weeks in each year.
(6) In these Regulations the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively which they have for the purposes of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(3)—
“contracted-out employment”;
“contracted-out scheme”;
“guaranteed minimum” and “guaranteed minimum pension”;
“contributions equivalent premium”.
(7) In these Regulations any reference to a case in which a contributions equivalent premium has been paid includes a reference to a case in which such a premium is payable but has not been paid by virtue of regulations under Schedule 2 to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 dispensing with the payment of such a premium where its amount would be inconsiderable.
(8) In these Regulations any reference to the guaranteed minimum in relation to a pension under a pension scheme at a particular time is a reference to the amount certified by the Department of Health and Social Security as that minimum at that time.