Explanatory note

Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (the “Act”) permits the Minister for the Civil Service to make schemes which make provision for pensions and other benefits in respect of civil servants and persons serving in an employment or office listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme, the Civil Service Compensation Scheme and the Civil Service Injury Benefits Scheme are schemes which have been made under section 1 of the Act.

This Order adds employment by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch), the Trustees of the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund, the NHS Business Services Authority, the Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the Quality Improvement Agency, The School Food Trust and the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

This Order also adds the offices of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to those listed in Schedule 1 to the Act.

The addition of these employments and offices to Schedule 1 to the Act makes the persons serving in the employments or offices eligible to be members of the schemes made under section 1 of the Act, subject to the rules of those schemes.

Employment by The Greater London Magistrates’ Court Authority, the NHS Pensions Agency (Asianteth Pensiynau’r GIG), and the Wine Standards Board is removed from those listed in Schedule 1 to the Act.

Article 5 has the effect of making persons employed by Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise (now Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) and recruited through certain specified recruitment exercises, eligible to be members of the schemes made under section 1 of the Act for a specified period of time.

Article 6 of this Order amends a typographical error contained in the Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 2005) Order.

The changes to Schedule 1 to the Act made by this Order have effect from dates that are before the date this Order is made. This is authorised by section 1(8)(a) of the Act.