# Water Act 1983, Paragraph 6


(1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make regulations providing for—
(a) the payment by such water authority as may be designated by the regulations (the “pension authority”) of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons who have been members of the Council;
(b) the transfer to the pension authority of such pension liabilities of the Council as may be specified in the regulations.
(2) The regulations shall provide for the recovery by the pension authority from each of the other water authorities of such proportion of the cost incurred by the pension authority in discharging their functions under the regulations as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine.
(3) The proportions determined by the Secretary of State need not be the same for each water authority.
(4) In subparagraph (1) above “pension liabilities” means any liability in connection with the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities imposed on or assumed by the Council and includes the liability to make any payment by way of an increase in a pension.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/23/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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