Regulation 13 Protection against adverse alterations

Where a person has ceased to be a Member of the House of Commons orto hold a qualifying office before these Regulations come into force andthese Regulations put him in a worse position in relation to an accruedright than he would have been in apart from the Regulations, he or(where he has died) persons who are or may become entitled by virtue ofthat right to or to the benefit of any pension, or a person acting onbehalf of that person or those persons, may opt for the accrued rightsto remain unaffected by these Regulations.