{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-act-1971/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/56",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions (Increase) Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-act-1971",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A pension in respect of service under the government of an overseas territory by a person who—\n(a) was at any time selected for initial appointment to service under the government of an overseas territory by a Minister of the Crown in the United Kingdom, or was recruited by the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations; or\n(b) was at any time recruited to a post for which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, a normal channel of recruitment would have been either the Colonial Office or the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations; or\n(c) was at any time a member of Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service or Her Majesty’s Overseas Judiciary; or\n(d) was at any time a designated officer under an Overseas Service Aid Scheme Agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/56/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:44.951420+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."
}