# The Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2011, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
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 to Schedule 1 to the Act employment by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, the Sustainable Development Commission Limited, the Capital for Enterprise Limited, the Children’s Workforce Development Council, the Learning and Skills Improvement Service and the Renewable Fuels Agency.
This Order also adds to the list of offices in Schedule 1 the Chair of the Charity Commission, the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales and office of stipendiary magistrate.
The addition of these employments and offices to Schedule 1 to the Act makes the persons serving in the employments and 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 Northern Ireland Law Commission, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Commission for Social Care Inspection, Culture East Midlands Limited, Culture North East Limited, Culture Northwest Limited, Culture South East Limited, Culture South West Limited, the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Living East Limited, the Public-Private Partnership Agreement Arbiter, the Quality Improvement Agency, the Sector Skills Development Agency, SITPRO Limited, West Midlands Life Limited, Yorkshire Culture Limited, the Sustainable Development Commission Limited, the Renewable Fuels Agency and the Scottish legal services ombudsman is removed from those listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. The Order also removes the office of rent officer from Schedule 1 to the Act.
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.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2257/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-admission-to-schedule-1-to-the-superannuation-act-1972-order-2011/note
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