# The Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

S.I. 1993/1888 · made 23 July 1993

These Regulations further amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 1978 (the principal Regulations). Regulation 2, by inserting a reference to Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (the Pensions Ombudsman), extends the purposes for which the schemes listed in the Schedule to the principal Regulations are to be treated as public service pension schemes. Regulation 3 amends that list.

Made under: Social Security Act 1973 (Section 51, Section 96); Social Security Act 1975 (Section 168, Schedule 20); Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (Section 61B, Section 66)

## Introductory text

PENSIONS
Made 23rd July 1993
Laid before Parliament 30th July 1993
Coming into force 1st September 1993
The Secretary of State for Social Security and the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 51(3)(b) and 96(1) to (3) of the Social Security Act 1973, section 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and sections 61B and 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf being of the opinion that the occupational pension schemes referred to in the Occupational Pensions Schemes (Public Service Pensions Schemes) Regulations 1978 and in these Regulations ought to be treated as public service pension schemes for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Act 1973 and of Parts III, IV and IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and after considering the report of the Occupational Pensions Board on the draft submitted to them, hereby jointly make the following Regulations—

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Occupational Pensions Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 1978.

## 2 Extension of the principal Regulations in relation to Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (schemes to be treated as public service pension schemes) for the words “Parts III and IV of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975” there are substituted the words “Parts III, IV and IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975”.

## 3 Amendment of list of schemes treated as public service pension schemes

The Schedule to the principal Regulations (list of schemes treated as public service pension schemes) shall be amended by deleting the entry “Sino-British Trade Council Pension Scheme” and by adding the following occupational pension schemes:
“Latin American Trade Advisory Group Pension Scheme”;
“China-Britain Trade Group Pension Scheme”;
“Great Britain-China Centre Staff Pension Scheme”;

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
William Hague
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
20th July 1993
Signed on behalf of Her Majesty’s Treasury.
Irvine Patnick
Tim Wood
Two of the Lords' Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd July 1993

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 1978 (the principal Regulations). Regulation 2, by inserting a reference to Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (the Pensions Ombudsman), extends the purposes for which the schemes listed in the Schedule to the principal Regulations are to be treated as public service pension schemes. Regulation 3 amends that list.
The Report of the Occupational Pensions Board on the draft of these Regulations which was referred to them, together with a statement by the Secretary of State on that Report, is contained in Command Paper No. 2289, published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.

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