Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;

• “the 1973 Act” means the Overseas Pensions Act 1973^f1;

• “addition”, except in regulation 19(1)(a) and (2) and in references to the addition under section 6(5) of the Act, means the amount calculated (by reference to the increases payable under Part I of the Act) under Part III;

• “contributory derivative pension” means a derivative pension computed wholly or partly by reference to contributions paid by, and to the age of, an officer;

• “increasable rate” has the meaning given by regulation 6;

• “overseas increase” has the meaning given by regulation 19;

• “period of contributory service”, in relation to a contributory derivative pension, means the period during which an officer was both—

  1. (a)

     in service under the government of a particular overseas territory; and

  2. (b)

     contributing for the purposes of the pension in relation to that service;

• “rate”, in relation to a pension consisting of periodical payments, means annual rate;

• “relevant date” means a date specified in regulation 8(4);

• “total overseas increase” has the meaning given by regulation 18.

In these Regulations any reference to Part I of the Act includes sections 59 and 59A of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975^f2.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference, however expressed, to the date when a pension begins is a reference to the date when it is treated as beginning for the purpose of calculating addition, determined in accordance with regulation 8 or, as the case may be, Schedule 6.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to service under the government of an overseas territory includes service rendered to any authority or institution in the overseas territory.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is a reference to a regulation, Part or Schedule in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation or Schedule.