# The Pensions (Miscellaneous Offices) (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1977, Article 5: Office holder's pension


(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order, an office holder who has completed five years of relevant service but who ceased to hold office before normal pension age may become eligible for a pension under the relevant enactment when he reaches that age.
(2) The annual rate at which that pension may be paid shall bear to the full rate the same proportion as the number of completed years of relevant service bears to the number of completed years which the office holder would have served if his service had continued to normal pension age.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1653/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-preservation-of-benefits-order-1977/article-5
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