{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-railways-board-winding-up-of-closed-pension-funds-order-1978/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-railways-board-winding-up-of-closed-pension-funds-order-1978/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1358",
  "legislation_title": "The British Railways Board (Winding up of Closed Pension Funds) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-railways-board-winding-up-of-closed-pension-funds-order-1978",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application of Order",
  "text": "(1) This Order applies to the following pension funds of the Board:—\n(a) the Amalgamated Fund, and\n(b) the G.W.R. Fund,\nand makes provision in relation to each of those funds in the event of the winding up of the fund for any reason whatsoever.\n(2) A pension fund to which this Order applies shall be construed and have effect as if the relevant provisions of this Order were terms of, or applicable to, the fund, any other term thereof, whether expressed or implied, to the contrary notwithstanding.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2) above, the provisions of this Order with respect to the order and mode of distribution of the assets of a pension fund in the event of the winding up of the fund shall, in relation to the G.W.R. fund, replace the corresponding provisions of Rule 6 of the rules of that fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1358/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:29:14.615401+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}