# The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme Regulations 2016 (the 2016 Regulations) (SI 2016/326). The 2016 Regulations established a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to civil servants employed by the Secret Intelligence Service and the Security Service.
Regulation 1 provides for regulation 6 to take effect from 1st April 2016 and for regulation 7(c) to take effect from 1st April 2019. Section 3(3)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the Act”) provides authority for the regulations to take effect as from a date earlier than the making of these Regulations. Otherwise, the Regulations come into force on 23rd May 2019.
Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 7 (except for regulation 7(c)) amend the 2016 Regulations to widen the scope of those eligible to participate in the scheme established by those regulations to facilitate staff movement across the Agencies.
Regulation 6 corrects a minor and technical issue that has been identified during the operation of the scheme.
Regulation 7(c) provides for the contribution rates applicable in the scheme year ending 31st March 2019 to also apply for the following year. Since this involves a change to a protected element of the scheme as defined by section 22 of the Act, the Minister has consulted representatives of those likely to be affected by the change with a view to reaching agreement and has laid a report before Parliament.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/906/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-service-other-crown-servants-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2019/note
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