This Order is made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (“the Act”) under which the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme and the Civil Service Compensation Scheme have been made.

The Order adds to the employments listed in Schedule 1 to the Act employment in the National Criminal Intelligence Service and in the National Crime Squad. It also adds to the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Act Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales (whose functions are respectively set out in sections 2 and 5 of the Schools Inspections Act 1996 (1996 c. 57)) and the Chairman of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (established under section 1 of the Pensions Act 1995 (1995 c. 26)). Section 1 of the Act is accordingly applied to these employments and offices. In the case of the offices referred to it is applied with effect from the dates mentioned in the Order under the power contained in section 1(8) of the Act.