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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;

  • “annuity value”, in relation to a person whose period of F.S.S.U. service ended not later than the coming into operation of these Regulations, has the meaning given by Regulation 6 below, and, in relation to a person whose period of F.S.S.U. service ends after the coming into operation of these Regulations, has the meaning given by Regulation 7 below;

  • “appropriate pension rate” has the meaning given by Regulation 4 below;

  • “the authority” means, in relation to any person who was serving with a Revenue Department, that Department or Her Majesty's Paymaster General, and, in relation to any other person, Her Majesty's Paymaster General;

  • “the civil service pension scheme” means the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and for the time being in force;

  • “date of retirement” means, in relation to any person, the date of his retirement from the civil service of the State;

  • “F.S.S.U. scheme” means a superannuation scheme operated under the Federated Superannuation System for Universities;

  • “government annuity tables” means, in relation to any time before 1st August 1962, the tables in force at that time under section 53 of the Government Annuities Act 1929, and, in relation to any time on or after 1st August 1962, the tables in force under the said section 53 at the commencement of the Finance Act 1962 as varied by any Order of the Treasury in force at that time under section 33(4) of the Finance Act 1962;

  • “notional annuity” has the meaning given by Regulation 5 below;

  • “period of F.S.S.U. service” means, in relation to any person, the period in respect of which, while he was employed in relevant employment, contributions were paid in his case under an F.S.S.U. scheme, but does not include any period in respect of which the employer's contributions paid in his case have been refunded by him, and for this purpose any contributions refunded by him shall be taken to be those employer's contributions which were last paid in his case before he ceased to be subject to an F.S.S.U. scheme; and the said expression includes, in relation to a person in respect of whom the following conditions are fulfilled:—

    1. (a)

      that he has been employed in employment in which his service would, if he had continued to serve in that employment, have rendered him eligible for a pension specified in Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act; and

    2. (b)

      that a transfer value paid in respect of his service in that employment on his leaving that employment and entering other employment has been invested for his benefit under the Federated Superannuation System for Universities in the purchase of a policy of insurance on his life,

    the period of service in respect of which that transfer value was paid;

  • “qualifying date” means, in relation to any person, the date on which he first satisfies one of the conditions set out in Regulation 3(d) below;

  • “the Regulations of 1947 to 1969” means the Regulations specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

  • “relevant employment” means any of the following kinds of employment:—

    1. (a)

      employment in the civil service of the State;

    2. (b)

      employment in the civil service of Northern Ireland;

    3. (c)

      employment by a university or university college in Great Britain (except employment before 1st April 1965 by a College of Advanced Technology or by Heriot-Watt College) or by a college of the University of Oxford or Cambridge;

    4. (d)

      employment by any of the bodies specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

  • “the Superannuation Acts” means the Superannuation Acts 1965 and 1967, or, in relation to any time before 8th December 1965, the Acts repealed by the Superannuation Act 1965.

(2)

Any reference in these Regulations to the provisions of any enactment or regulations shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to those provisions as amended by any subsequent enactment or regulations.

(3)

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.