3Modification of pension schemes etc.
1
The Scottish Parliament may resolve to modify—
a
the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme,
b
the grants scheme set out in schedule 2, or
c
the pension scheme for First Ministers and Presiding Officers which is comprised in Part S of the 1999 pensions order.
2
A resolution may, in particular, modify—
a
the rules set out in schedule 1,
b
schedules 2 or 3, or
c
the 1999 pensions order.
3
A resolution may—
a
make different provision for different purposes,
b
make provision having retrospective effect.
4
The Clerk of the Parliament must send a copy of a resolution to the Queen’s Printer for Scotland immediately after it is passed.
Articles 5, 7(1), 8 and 9 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1096) apply in relation to that copy resolution as if it were a Scottish statutory instrument.