{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/609",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Early retirement",
  "text": "After Schedule 4 to the 1972 Act there shall be inserted:\n“SCHEDULE 5\nSection 7(4B)\nEarly retirement for certain Members after 2nd April 1991\n1 The pension to which a person is entitled by virtue of section 7(4B)shall be abated, having regard to the person’s age and the length of hisqualifying period at the date of his application or, if later, suchother date as may be there specified, from the date from which thatpension is payable by the percentage specified in the table below.\n2 The pension to which a person is entitled by virtue of section 7(4B)shall not be reduced below the rate of the guaranteed minimum pension,as provided for by Article 3 of the Parliamentary and other Pensions(Contracted-Out Provisions) Order 1978.\nAbatement by Single Percentage from Date Pension Payable\nQualifying period (years) Age\nAge pension brought into payment\n20 or more\n19\n18\n17\n16\n15\nWhere the age or the qualifying period is not an exact number ofyears the percentage abatement shall be obtained by interpolating firstfor the required age and secondly for the required qualifying period.\n65\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n64\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n7.0\n63\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n7.0\n13.7\n62\n0.0\n0.0\n0.0\n7.0\n13.7\n19.9\n61\n0.0\n0.0\n7.0\n13.7\n19.9\n25.6\n60\n0.0\n7.0\n13.7\n19.9\n25.6\n30.8\n59\n7.0\n13.7\n19.9\n25.6\n30.8\n35.6\n58\n13.7\n19.9\n25.6\n30.8\n35.6\n39.9\n57\n19.9\n25.6\n30.8\n35.6\n39.9\n43.7\n56\n25.6\n30.8\n35.8\n39.9\n43.7\n47.0\n55\n30.8\n35.6\n39.9\n43.7\n47.0\n50.0\n54\n35.6\n39.9\n43.7\n47.0\n50.0\n52.8\n53\n39.9\n43.7\n47.0\n50.0\n52.8\n55.4\n52\n43.7\n47.0\n50.0\n52.8\n55.4\n57.7\n51\n47.0\n50.0\n52.8\n55.4\n57.7\n59.8\n50\n50.0\n52.8\n55.4\n57.7\n59.7\n61.8\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/891."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/609/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:48:25.058334+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}