{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-pay-and-pensions-act-1979/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/50",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-pay-and-pensions-act-1979",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation and orders.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nelectoral region means an Assembly electoral region;\n“the IPSA” means the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority;\n...\n“Member” means a Member of the House of Commons;\n...\n“opted-out Representative” has the meaning given by section 1(7);\n“pension” includes a gratuity, and “pension rights” shall be construed accordingly;\n“Representative” means a representative to the Assembly elected for an electoral region in the United Kingdom.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “the Assembly\" repealed by European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 4(3), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) substituted (1.5.1999) by 1999 c. 1, s. 3(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(c); S.I. 1999/717, art. 2(1) (with art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) inserted (1.11.2013) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 6 para. 41(2)(a); S.I. 2013/2826, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) omitted (1.11.2013) by virtue of Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 6 para. 41(2)(b); S.I. 2013/2826, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) omitted (24.5.2011) by virtue of Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 8(3); S.I. 2011/1274, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 8(1): definition inserted (14.7.2009) by The European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1485), reg. 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 8(2) omitted (1.11.2013) by virtue of Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 6 para. 41(3); S.I. 2013/2826, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8(1) continued (24.10.2002) by 2002 c. 24, ss. 15, 18(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(c)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/50/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:04.692113+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."
}