# The Railway Pensions (Transfer of Pension Schemes) Order 2007, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“1974 Fund” means the B.R. (1974) Pension Fund;
“Schedule 11” means Schedule 11 to the Railways Act 1993;
“transfer date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;
“transferee scheme” means the 1994 Pensioners Section of the Railways Pension Scheme;
“transferor scheme” means any one of the following schemes and “transferor schemes” means all of such schemes—
(a) the 1974 Fund;
(b) The London and North Western Railway Provident Society for providing pensions for widows and orphans of the salaried staff;
(c) Great Western Railway Supplemental Pensions Reserve Fund;
(d) The Great Western Railway Salaried Staff Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Society;
(e) The Great Northern Railway Superannuation Fund;
(f) Great Western Railway Inspectors and Foremen’s Special Pension Fund;
(g) The Southern Railway (South Eastern and Chatham Section) Enginemen & Motormen’s Pension Fund Society .
“transferring member” means a person who immediately before the transfer date—
(a) has pension rights under a transferor scheme; but
(b) does not include persons who have pension rights under the 1974 Fund unless that person also has pension rights under at least one of the other transferor schemes; and
“transferring members” means all such members.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110771908/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-railway-pensions-transfer-of-pension-schemes-order-2007/article-2
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