# The Parliamentary Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1993, Regulation R4: Protection against adverse alterations


(1) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), where the Trustees are of the opinion that, in relation to such a benefit as is specified by paragraph (2) of regulation R3, the provisions of these Regulations (as modified and supplemented in pursuance of that regulation) are materially different from the corresponding provisions of the enactments and regulations revoked by regulation R5(1), the Trustees may, if satisfied that it would be just to do so, determine that regulation R3 shall not apply in relation to that benefit, and in any such case the said enactments and regulations shall have effect in relation thereto as though they had not been so revoked.
(2) Where a person has ceased to be a Member of the House of Commons or to hold a qualifying office before these Regulations come into force and these Regulations put him in a worse position in relation to an accrued right 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 of that right to or to the benefit of any pension, or a person acting on behalf of that person or those persons, may opt for the accrued rights to remain unaffected by these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3253/regulation/R4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-R4
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