# The Governors' Pensions (Maximum Amounts) Order 1972, Note: Explanatory note


This Order, which replaces the Governor's Pensions (Maximum Amounts) Order 1969, increases the maximum amount of a Governor's pension from £5,733·33 to £7,725·21 and of a gratuity payable in respect of a Governor dying in office from £8,600 to £11,587·81.
Under the power conferred by section 4(7) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967, the Order has effect from the 18th February 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/229/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/governors-pensions-maximum-amounts-order-1972/note
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