{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-pensions-scotland-act-1961-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-pensions-scotland-act-1961-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3032",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-pensions-scotland-act-1961-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961",
  "text": "The following shall be inserted after section 7 of the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961:–\n“Pension credits: restrictions on payments\n7A The Secretary of State shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a person with pension rights under this Act–\n(a) a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,\n(b) a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or\n(c) any other payment,\nto the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1961 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 48."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3032/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:10:46.487560+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."
}