Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 645
PENSIONS
The Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme (Extension) Order 2007
Made
27th February 2007
Coming into force
27th March 2007
Citation, interpretation and commencement
1. This Order, which may be cited as the Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme (Extension) Order 2007 shall be read as one with the Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme 1964( 3 ), (referred to here as “the Scheme”) and shall come into force on 27th March 2007.
Extension of the Scheme
2. For the purposes of Article 14(1) of the Scheme (duration of the Scheme) the extended period of thirty years from and including 27th March 2007 is now specified, and accordingly payments under the Scheme shall be limited to such as fall due for payment before 27th March 2037.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Defence
Derek Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
26th February 2007
We consent
Dave Watts
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th February 2007
The functions of the Minister of Pensions were transferred to the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953, S.I. 1953/1198 , article 2. The functions of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance were transferred to the Minister of Social Security by virtue of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966, (c.20) , section 2. The functions of the Minister of Social Security were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968, S.I. 1968/1699 , article 2.
S.I. 1964/2007 , as amended by S.I. 1972/1435 , 1974/1045 and 2005/3040 . The Scheme was extended by S.I. 1967/293 , 1972/95 , 1981/1876 , 1992/317 , 1997/662 and 2002/671 .