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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-british-transport-police-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493257",
  "legislation_title": "The British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-british-transport-police-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Transfer of pensions",
  "text": "(1) In this article—\n(a) “the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund” means the funds deemed under Section 31(1) of the British Railways Act 1982 to have been amalgamated on 30th December 1974 into one fund known as the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund by a trust deed made by the British Railways Board on that date, as amended by supplemental trust deeds dated 20th February 1978, 3rd July 1978 and 14th January 1987, and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Railways Pensions (Transfer and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994;\n(b) “the trust deed and rules” means the trust deed and rules of the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund dated 30th December 1974, as amended by deeds dated 2nd November 1993, 16th October 1997, 3rd December 1997, 21st December 1998, 2nd March 1999, 22nd December 1999, 31st August 2000, 15th December 2000, 30th June 2003, 30th March 2004 and 5th May 2004; and\n(c) the “Railways Pension Scheme” means the Railways Pension Scheme established by the Railways Pension Scheme Order 1994.\n(2) On 1st July 2004 there shall be transferred to, and vest in, the Authority all the powers, duties and obligations of the Strategic Rail Authority in relation to the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund.\n(3) The trust deed and rules shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs—\n(a) in clause 13, after paragraph (c) add—\n“(d) may be made to the retirement pensions and other benefits without the consent of the Secretary of State.”;\n(b) in clause 15(1)(a) for the words “a corporation the chairman and members of which are appointed by a Secretary of State ” substitute “the British Transport Police Authority”;\n(c) in clause 15(1)for the words “then the Joint Fund” substitute “then, provided the Secretary of State has given his consent, the Joint Fund”;\n(d) in clause 45(4) of the 1970 rules contained in schedule 1 to the trust deed and rules, for the words “a corporation, the chairman and members of which are appointed by a Secretary of State” substitute “the British Transport Police Authority”; and\n(e) in clause 31(2) of the 1968 rules contained in schedule 2 to the trust deed and rules, for the words “a corporation, the chairman and members of which are appointed by a Secretary of State” substitute “the British Transport Police Authority”.\n(4) Immediately upon the establishment of the Authority and in accordance with clause 3B of the Railways Pension Scheme the Authority shall enter into a deed with the Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited in the form contained in the Schedule to this Order which shall establish a new section of the Railways Pension Scheme which shall be known as The British Transport Police Shared Cost Section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "c. xxiii"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1433."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Clause 3B of the Railways Pension Scheme was amended by deed dated 30th September 1994."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110493257/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:57.157569+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."
}