# The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations make amendments to the Parliamentary Pension Scheme to correct drafting errors made in the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2002.
2 Regulation 2 provides for an office holder who opts after his appointment not to pay contributions at the increased rate of 9 per cent of salary to receive a refund of excess contributions paid since the date of his appointment.
3 Regulation 3 clarifies one of the conditions subject to which the adopted child of a former husband or wife of a deceased participant is eligible for a pension by providing that at the time of the death the child should have been wholly or mainly dependant on the deceased.
4 Section 2(4) of the Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1987 confers express power to make regulations retrospective in effect. Regulation 3 takes effect from 1st April 2001.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1887/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2002/note
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