{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-F5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-F5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1082",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999",
  "path": "article/F5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "F5",
  "heading": "Permitted maximum pensions",
  "text": "(1) The annual amount of the pension payable under article F1 or F2 shall not exceed whichever is the least of–\n(a) the amount equal to two-thirds of the participant’s final salary; or\n(b) such maximum pension as is calculated in respect of that person in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2; or\n(c) the amount equal to two-thirds of the permitted maximum.\n(2) In the case of a person who is entitled to a pension under both articles F1 and F2, the amount of the two pensions together shall not exceed two-thirds of the permitted maximum and, if they do, the pension payable under article F2 shall be reduced before the pension payable under article F1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1082/article/F5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:54.717733+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."
}