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.