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The European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/1662 · Made 21 June 1994

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Made 21st June 1994

Laid before Parliament 24th June 1994

Coming into force 15th July 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

1979 c. 50. (Section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) substituted references to the European Parliament for references to the Assembly of the European Communities in Acts and other instruments.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement of Order
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Managers
  4. 4Membership
  5. 5Contributions from salary
  6. 6Reckonable Service
  7. 7Pension Entitlement
  8. 8Commutation into lump sum
  9. 9Early abated pensions
  10. 10Early retirement
  11. 11Ill-health pensions
  12. 12Widows' and widowers' pensions
  13. 13Widowers' pensions (no reckonable service on or after 31st July 1984)
  14. 14Children’s pensions
  15. 15Enhancement of initial widow's, widowers' and children’s pensions
  16. 16Gratuity on the death of a serving participant
  17. 17Gratuity on death of a pensioner after retirement
  18. 18Five year guarantee
  19. 19Transfers to other pension schemes
  20. 20Transfers to other pension schemes after opt out
  21. 21Transfer to overseas pension schemes
  22. 22Effect of transfers out on reckonable service
  23. 23Certification by the Government Actuary
  24. 24Transfers from other pension schemes
  25. 25Repayment of contributions to the contributor
  26. 26Repayment of contributions after the death of the contributor
  27. 27Purchase of added years
  28. 28Application of pensions
  29. 29Payments due to deceased persons
  30. 30Deductions of tax from refunds of contributions
  31. 31Protection against adverse alterations
  32. 32Revocations, modifications, savings and transitional provisions
  33. Signature
  34. Schedule 1: MANAGERS
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. 2Paragraph 2
  37. 3Paragraph 3
  38. 4Paragraph 4
  39. 5Paragraph 5
  40. 6Paragraph 6
  41. Schedule 2: MAXIMUM PENSIONS
  42. 1Paragraph 1
  43. 2Paragraph 2
  44. 3Class A Participant
  45. 4Class B and Class C Participants
  46. Schedule 3
  47. ICOMMUTATION OF PENSIONS
  48. 1Paragraph 1
  49. 2Maximum commutation for participants (including those retiring on grounds of ill-health)
  50. 3Maximum commutation on early retirement
  51. 4Earnings cap
  52. 5Class B and Class C Participants
  53. IIMaximum Commutation of Pensions
  54. Schedule 4PERCENTAGE ABATEMENT OF PENSION ENTITLEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 10
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. 2Paragraph 2
  57. Schedule 5: PERSONS QUALIFYING FOR CHILDREN'S PENSIONS
  58. 1Paragraph 1
  59. 2Paragraph 2
  60. 3Paragraph 3
  61. 4Paragraph 4
  62. 5Paragraph 5
  63. 6Paragraph 6
  64. Schedule 6: FIVE YEAR GUARANTEE
  65. 1Guarantees for widows and widowers
  66. 2Guarantees where children but no spouse survive
  67. 3Guarantees where no survivors
  68. 4Remarriage or cohabitation of surviving spouse
  69. 5Early termination of child’s period of full time education
  70. Schedule 7: PURCHASE OF ADDED YEARS
  71. 1Interpretation
  72. 2Purchase of added years by periodical contributions
  73. 3Applications to be irrevocable
  74. 4Payment of periodical contributions
  75. 5Interrupted service
  76. 6Purchase of added years by lump sum
  77. 7Lump sum payments
  78. 8Limits on purchase of added years
  79. 9Further applications to purchase added years
  80. Schedule 8: REVOCATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
  81. IREVOCATIONS
  82. Part II: Modifications to the European Parliament (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions Order 1980
  83. 1Interpretation
  84. 2Contributions
  85. 3Early abated pensions
  86. 4Early abated pensions
  87. 5Early abated pensions
  88. 6Early abated pensions
  89. 7Ill-health pensions
  90. 8Widows', widowers' and children’s pensions
  91. 9Death gratuity
  92. 10Five year guarantee
  93. Part III: Savings
  94. 1Paragraph 1
  95. 2Paragraph 2
  96. Part IV: Transitional Provisions
  97. 1Paragraph 1
  98. 2Paragraph 2
  99. Explanatory note