1995 No. 750 (S.70)
The Local Government (Superannuation and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7 and 24 of the Superannuation Act 19721, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appeared to him to be concerned, individual local authorities with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable and such representatives of other persons likely to be affected by the Regulations as appeared to him to be appropriate in accordance with section 7(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Superannuation and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 6th April 1995.
Interpretation2
Amendment of the 1979 Regulations3
Schedule 1 (employing authorities who may credit certain pensionable employees with an additional period of service) to the 1979 Regulations shall be amended—
a
by substituting in paragraph (b) for the words “paragraph (a)” the words “paragraph (a) or (m)”; and
b
by inserting at the end of the Schedule the following paragraphs:—
m
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19944 in respect of which elections require to be held on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of that Act;
n
a body established under section 62(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (new water and sewerage authorities);
o
the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, established under section 128 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Amendment of the 1987 Regulations4
1
Regulation C1 (appropriate superannuation fund) of the 1987 Regulations shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:—
3A
In relation to the pensionable employees of the employing authorities specified in column (1) of the Table below the appropriate superannuation fund shall be the fund maintained by the administering authority specified in column (2) of that Table opposite the name of the employing authority.
TABLE
(1)
(2)
Employing authority
Administering authority
East of Scotland Water Authority
Lothian Regional Council
West of Scotland Water Authority
Strathclyde Regional Council
North of Scotland Water Authority
Grampian Regional Council
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
Central Regional Council
2
Regulation E2 (entitlement to retirement pension and retiring allowance) of the 1987 Regulations shall be amended—
a
by inserting in paragraph (5) at the beginning the words “Subject to paragraph (5A),”; and
b
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:—
5A
A person entitled to benefits by virtue of paragraph (1)(b)(iii), who is also a person to whom the provisions of regulation 7 of the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy or Premature Retirement on Reorganisation) (Scotland) Regulations 19955 applies, may waive his entitlement under paragraph (1)(b)(iii) by notice in writing to his employing authority, but such waiver shall not prejudice his entitlement to benefit under any other provision of this regulation.
3
Regulation E24 (certificates as to reduction in remuneration) of the 1987 Regulations shall be amended by inserting at the end of paragraph (1A) the following sub-paragraph:—
or
c
as a consequence of the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 at any time during the period beginning with 6th April 1995 and ending with 1st April 1996 he ceases to be employed by a local authority constituted under section 2 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19736, a joint board or joint committee the members of which are all such local authorities or by Central Scotland Water Development Board and obtains employment at a reduced remuneration with either a body constituted under sections 2, 62(1) or 128 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 or a joint board the constituent authorities of which are all councils constituted under section 2 of that Act.
4
Part I of Schedule 3 (pensionable employees) to the 1987 Regulations shall be amended—
a
by substituting in paragraph 2 for the words “such councils as aforesaid” the words “councils specified in paragraph 1 or 7 of this Part”; and
b
by inserting at the end the following paragraphs:—
7
A council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in respect of which elections require to be held on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of that Act.
8
A body established under section 62(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (new water and sewerage authorities).
9
The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, established under section 128 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)