{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-pensions-of-employees-order-1971/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-pensions-of-employees-order-1971/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/1128",
  "legislation_title": "The British Transport (Pensions of Employees) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-pensions-of-employees-order-1971",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Commencement, citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd July 1971, and may be cited as the British Transport (Pensions of Employees) Order 1971.\n(2) In this Order—\n“national transport authority” means any of the following—\nthe British Railways Board,\nthe British Transport Docks Board,\nthe British Waterways Board,\nthe Transport Holding Company,\nthe National Freight Corporation,\nthe National Bus Company,\nthe Scottish Transport Group,\na subsidiary of any of the above bodies;\n“term”,in relation to a pension scheme, includes any rule or provision of the scheme, or of any statutory provision relating to the scheme, or of any deed or other instrument made for the purposes of the scheme.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/1128/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:43:16.545534+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."
}