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The Contracting Out (Metropolitan Police and Civil Staffs Pensions) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1736 · Made 19 July 1997

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CONTRACTING OUT

Made 19th July 1997

Coming into force 20th July 1997

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament under section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994f1;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 69 of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 40.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Contracting out of functions
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Metropolitan Police and Civil Staffs Pensions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Contracting out of functions

(1)

Functions conferred on the Secretary of State, as the police authority for the metropolitan police district, by section 8A of the Police Pensions Act 1976f1 or by any regulations made under section 1 or 8A of that Act may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.

(2)

Functions conferred on the Secretary of State by section 15(2)(a) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967f2 (superannuation of metropolitan civil staffs) or by provisions (being the principal civil service pension scheme and enactments and instruments relating to civil service pensions) having effect for the purposes of those functions by virtue of section 15(2)(b) of that Act may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.

Signature

Alun Michael

Minister of State

Home Office

19th July 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order enables the Secretary of State to authorise another person, or that person’s employees, to exercise his functions in relation to pensions payable out of the Metropolitan Police Fund.