Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act of 1971” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 as amended by sections 25 and 29 of, and schedules 6 and 8 to, the Superannuation Act 1972;

• “dependant”, in relation to a woman, means a person who is to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State wholly or mainly supported by that woman and who either has not attained the age of 17 years or is receiving full-time instruction at an educational establishment or is undergoing training for a trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that he is required to devote the whole of his time to that training for a period of not less than two years;

• “employing authority” means an authority which is, or is deemed to be, an employing authority for the purposes of the Regulations;

• “official pension” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of the Act of 1971;

• “reckonable service”, in relation to a person, has the meaning assigned to it by the schedule to these regulations;

• “regulation 75(1) optant” means a person to whom the provisions of regulation 75(1) of the 1961 regulations or the corresponding provisions of any previous regulations, apply or applied, but does not include a person to whom payments under the aforesaid provisions were discontinued prior to 1st October 1971 by reason of his voluntarily ceasing to maintain a contract or policy of insurance described in the said provisions before the maturity date of the policy;

• “superannuation scheme” means the Federated Superannuation System for Universities, the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Nurses and Hospital Officers, the arrangements which apply or applied to a regulation 75(1) optant and any other scheme approved by the Minister for the Civil Service for the purposes of section 13(2)(b) of the Act of 1971;

• “superannuation under the Regulations”, in relation to a person, means entitled to participate in the superannuation benefits provided by the Regulations (other than regulations 43, 45 and 75 of the 1961 regulations or the corresponding provisions of any previous regulations);

• “the compensation regulations” means the National Health Service (Compensation) Regulations 1974^f1; and any reference to the compensation regulations shall include a reference to the National Health Service (Transfer of Officers and Compensation) Regulations 1948^f2, as amended^f3, and the compensation provisions of any order made under section 11(9) of the National Health Service Act 1946; and any reference to a numbered regulation in the compensation regulations shall include a reference to the corresponding regulation in the said regulations of 1948 or the corresponding provision in any such order;

• “the previous regulations” means any regulations made prior to 25th July 1961 under section 67(1) of the National Health Service Act 1946;

• “the Regulations”, in relation to any person, means the 1961 regulations or such previous regulations as were in force at the date on which that person satisfied the requirements which would qualify a person for a pension under the Regulations;

• “the 1961 regulations” means the National Health Service (Superannuation) Regulations 1961^f4, as amended^f5;

• “the retirement regulations” means the National Health Service Reorganisation (Retirement of Senior Officers) Regulations 1974^f6, as amended^f7; and

• “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Any reference in these regulations to any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except insofar as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument which may re-enact or replace it.

The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of an Act of Parliament.