Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 3032 (S. 8)
PENSIONS, SCOTLAND
The Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
2nd November 2000
Laid before Parliament
10th November 2000
Coming into force
1st December 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 43 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999( 1 ) , makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.
Amendments to the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961
2. The following shall be inserted after section 7 of the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961( 2 ):–
“ Pension credits: restrictions on payments
7A. The Secretary of State shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a person with pension rights under this Act–
(a) a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,
(b) a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 ( 3 ) , or
(c) any other payment,
to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit. ” .
JOHN REID
Secretary of State for Scotland
2nd November 2000