{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-amalgamation-of-railways-pension-funds-no-2-order-1970/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-amalgamation-of-railways-pension-funds-no-2-order-1970/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1298",
  "legislation_title": "The British Transport (Amalgamation of Railways' Pension Funds) (No. 2) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-amalgamation-of-railways-pension-funds-no-2-order-1970",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Alterations in the terms of certain insurance schemes",
  "text": "(1) This Article shall apply to the pension schemes listed in Schedule 3 to this Order.\n(2) Where a member of a pension scheme to which this Article applies becomes a member of the New Fund on or after the 14th September 1970, the following provisions shall have effect:—\n(a) upon the date of his admission to membership of the New Fund he shall (subject to this Order) cease to be liable to pay contributions to that scheme; and\n(b) as soon as may be after that date the Board shall make such arrangements as may be appropriate to secure to that member by means of non-assignable and non-commutable insurance policies his accrued pension rights in that scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1298/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:55:45.177043+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."
}