Article 2

These rules shall be construed as one with the Superannuation (Fire Brigade and other Local Government Service) Interchange Rules, 1952^f1, and those rules and these rules may be cited together as the Superannuation (Fire Brigade and other Local Government Service) Interchange Rules, 1952 and 1958.

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them—

• “the principal rules” means the Superannuation (Fire Brigade and other Local Government Service) Interchange Rules, 1952; and

• “rule” means rule contained in the principal rules.

References in these rules and in the principal rules as amended by these rules to the provisions of any enactment, rules or regulations shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as references to those provisions as amended, applied or re-enacted by any subsequent enactment, rules or regulations.

References in the principal rules as amended by these rules to any benefit or benefits under the Act of 1937 shall, in relation to a person who is, or is deemed to be, a contributory employee, be deemed to include a reference to benefits under the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1953 a local Act or a scheme made in relation to a local Act.

For the purposes of the principal rules as amended by these rules a justices' clerk shall be deemed to be in the employment of the magistrates' courts committee by whom he is, or, under the provisions of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1949, is deemed to have been, appointed and references to “employment” shall, in relation to any such person, be construed accordingly.

The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of these rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.