Article 5 Pension entitlement

Article 7 of the Principal Order is amended as follows.

In paragraph (3), after “sixty-five years” insert “and before 14th July 2009”.

For paragraph (11)^f1 substitute—

“(11)

In paragraph (2) “the appropriate fraction” in relation to a year or part of a year comprised in a person’s aggregate period of reckonable service means—

(a)

in the case of a year or part of a year ending before 20th July 1983, one-sixtieth or, as the case may be, the fraction which bears to one-sixtieth the same proportion as the number of days in that part of a year bears to three hundred and sixty-five;

(b)

in the case of a year or part of a year beginning on or after 20th July 1983 and ending before 5th July 2001, one-fiftieth or, as the case may be, the fraction which bears to one-fiftieth the same proportion as the number of days in that part of a year bears to three hundred and sixty-five;

(c)

in the case of a year or part of a year beginning on or after 5th July 2001 and ending before 14th July 2009—

(i)

in respect of a Category 1 contributor, one-fortieth; and

(ii)

in respect of a Category 2 contributor, one-fiftieth; and

(d)

in the case of a year or part of a year beginning on or after 14th July 2009—

(i)

in respect of a Category 1 contributor, one-fortieth;

(ii)

in respect of a Category 2 contributor, one-fiftieth; and

(iii)

in respect of a Category 3 contributor, one-sixtieth.”.

Omit paragraphs (11A)^f2, (12), (12A)^f3, (12B)^f4 and (13)^f5.