The Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act 1995;

“Category A retirement pension” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1);

“equality clause” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of the Equal Pay Act;

“the Equal Pay Act” means the Equal Pay Act 1970(2);

“pensionable age” shall be construed in accordance with section 122(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(3);

“pensionable service” includes any service in respect of which transfer credits have been allowed by the scheme;

“pensioner member” includes a person who is entitled to the present payment of pension or other benefits derived through a member;

“salary-related contracted-out scheme” means an occupational pension scheme which is contracted-out by virtue of satisfying section 9(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(4) and includes a scheme which was formerly a salary-related contracted-out scheme which is subject to supervision in accordance with section 53 of that Act;

“scheme” means an occupational pension scheme.

(1)

1992 c. 4.

(2)

1970 c. 41 as amended by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65), the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44), the Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), the Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1794), the Wages Act 1986 (c. 48), the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (c. 36), the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19) and the Pensions Act 1995.

(3)

The definition of pensionable age was substituted by paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 which provides that it has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act.

(4)

1993 c. 48.