Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 671
PENSIONS
The Pensions Increase (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Regulations 2000
Made
8th March 2000
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2000
Coming into force
30th March 2000
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 30th March 2000, but shall take effect as specified in regulation 3.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations:
“the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;
“pension” means a pension within the meaning of the 1971 Act.
Pensions to which the 1971 Act will apply
3. With effect from 21st December 1999, the 1971 Act shall apply to any pensions payable under the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme( 3 ) as if they were pensions specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act.
Greg Pope
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2000
By virtue of article 2(1)(c) of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670 ).
The scheme was constituted by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1082 ).