Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1668
CONTRACTING OUT
The Contracting Out (Administration of the Teachers' Pensions Scheme) Order 2003
Made
25th June 2003
Coming into force
26th June 2003
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament under section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994( 1 );
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 69(2) and (4) of that Act( 2 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Administration of the Teachers' Pensions Scheme) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “the functions” mean the functions conferred on the Secretary of State by regulations made under all or any of—
(a) sections 9, 12 and 24 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972( 3 ),
(b) sections 16(2) to (4) and 130(a) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993( 4 ), or
(c) section 172 of the Pensions Act 1995( 5 ).
Contracting out of functions
3. The functions, or any of them, may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.
Revocation
4. The Contracting Out (Administration of the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme) Order 1996( 6 ) is hereby revoked.
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
25th June 2003
For the definition of “Minister” see section 79(1).
1972 c. 11 ; section 9 was amended by sections 4(1), 8(3) and 11 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to, and section 190 of, the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) ; and section 12 was amended by section 10 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990.
Section 16(3) was amended by paragraph 28(a) of Schedule 5 to, and section 151 of, the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) .
Section 172 was amended by S.I. 2001/3649 .
S.I. 1996/178 .