Article 3 The Article 3 Section

Those persons who—

(a)

have qualifying pension rights which were transferred from the BR Section of the Railways Pension Scheme to the 1994 Pensioners Section of the Railways Pension Scheme by virtue of a deed of amendment dated 4th December 2000 and made between the trustee of the Railways Pension Scheme, the Secretary of State, British Railways Board and others; and

(b)

on 30th June 1980 were members of the British Railways (Wages Grades) Pension Fund^f1,

shall be treated as constituting a section of the Railways Pension Scheme; and that section is hereby designated as a pension scheme which is to be treated as included among those schemes which are B.R. pension schemes for the purposes of Part III of the Transport Act 1980, for the purpose of requiring or enabling the Secretary of State to make payments under sections 52(1), 52A, 52B or 52C of that Act.

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f1: Established by a trust deed made by the British Railways Board on 5th May 1967.