
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Telegraphs (Cable
and Wireless Ltd. Pension) Regulations 1971, and shall come into operation
on 2nd March 1971, but shall then have effect from the 30th September 1969,
and shall be construed accordingly.
2 

(1) These Regulations shall
be read as one with the Commonwealth Telegraphs (Cable and Wireless Ltd. Pension) Regulations
1955
(hereinafter called “the principal Regulations”)
.
(2) In these Regulations, unless
the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings
hereby respectively assigned to them:
 “the appointed day” means the 1st October 1969, being the day appointed under section 1 of the Post Office Act 1969
for the purposes of that Act;
 “the Minister” means 
the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, and “the Ministry”
 shall be construed accordingly;

 “the paying authority”
in relation to a transferee who on the appointed day enters into the service
of the Post Office means the Post Office, and in relation
to one who remains in the employment of the civil service of the State means
the Minister;
 “the Post Office” means the authority established under section 6
of the Post
Office Act 1969;
 “the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme” means the pension scheme
established under Section 43(1)
of the Post
Office Act 1969.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889,
applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the
interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
The principal Regulations shall be amended as specified in the Schedule hereto.
Christopher Chataway
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Dated 4th January 1971Given under the official seal of the Minister for the Civil Service
on 8th January 1971.
K. H. McNeill
Authorised by the Minister for the Civil Service

THE SCHEDULE


Table 1
Item Regulation
1 2(1) For “the Post Office”
in each place where it occurs substitute “the Department
of the Postmaster General”.
2  In the definition of “the Superannuation Acts”
delete “1950” and substitute 
“1965”.
3  At the end of the definition of “transferee”
 add “being a person who on the appointed day
enters into the service of the Post Office or remains in the employment of
the civil service of the State, or who has previously retired from the service
of the Department of the Postmaster General”.
4 5 For “The Postmaster-General may”
 in line 1 substitute “The paying authority
shall”.
5  Delete “out of the Post Office Fund”
 (substituted for “out of moneys provided by
Parliament” by section 1(5)
of the Post
Office Act 1961).
6  After “or” in line
13 insert “the paying authority”.
7  For “the Post Office”
in line 14 substitute “the Department of the Postmaster
General, the Post Office or the civil service of the State (as the case may
be)”.
8  For “the Postmaster-General”
 in the last line substitute “the Minister”
.
9 6(1) For “The Postmaster-General may”
 in line 1 substitute “The paying authority
shall”.
10  Delete “out of the Post Office Fund”
 (substituted for “out of moneys provided by
Parliament” by section 1(5)
of the Post
Office Act 1961).
11 6(2) For “the Post Office”
substitute “the Department of the Postmaster General”
.
12  At the end of the paragraph insert “and
in the employment of the Post Office or the civil service of the State (as
the case may be) into which the person concerned entered or in which he continued,
respectively, on the appointed day.”.
13 7 For “the Postmaster-General may”
 substitute “the paying authority shall”
.
14  Delete “out of the Post Office Fund”
 (substituted for “out of moneys provided by
Parliament” by section 1(5)
of the Post
Office Act 1961).
15  After “employed” in
line 10 insert “in the Post Office or”.

16 8 After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
17  After “civil service of the State”
 insert “or the Post Office”.

18 10(3) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
19 10(4) After “serving” in
line 2 insert “in the Post Office or”.

20 10(4)(b) For “the Postmaster-General”
 substitute “the paying authority”.

21 10(5) For the words from “shall be payable”
 to “total of”, substitute “nor any Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme benefits
shall be payable but the paying authority shall pay to or in respect of the
persons concerned a sum equal to the total of”.
22 10(6) Delete ‘and “Superannuation
Acts benefits”’ and substitute ‘
“Superannuation Acts benefits” and “Post
Office Staff Superannuation Scheme benefits”’.
23 11(1) After “the Post Office”
insert “or the civil service of the State”.

24  For “the Postmaster-General may”
 substitute “the paying authority shall”
.
25  Delete “out of the Post Office Fund”
 (substituted for “out of moneys provided by
Parliament” by section 1(5)
of the Post
Office Act 1961).
26 11(2) For “the Post Office”
substitute “the Department of the Postmaster General”
.
27  At the end of the paragraph insert “and
in the employment of the Post Office or the civil service of the State (as
the case may be) into which the person concerned entered or in which he continued,
respectively, on the appointed day.”.
28 13(2) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
29 14(1) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
30 15 After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
31 16(1) Delete the definition of “Superannuation Acts benefits”
and substitute ‘“Superannuation Acts benefits”
 and “Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme
benefits” mean any pension benefits (whether payable periodically
or in a lump sum) which, apart from this regulation, would or might have been
payable to or in respect of a person as an established civil servant or as
an employee of the Post Office, except a return of periodical contributions
under Part I or Part II
of the Superannuation
Act 1949 or 
Part III or Part IV of the Superannuation Act 1965
or in respect of pensions for widows, children and dependants under the Post
Office Staff Superannuation Scheme.’.
32 16(2) After “as an established civil servant”
 insert “or in the Post Office”.

33  After “Superannuation Acts benefits”
 insert “or Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme benefits”.
34 16(2)(b) For “the Postmaster-General”
 substitute “the paying authority”.

35 16(3) For the words from “shall be payable”
 to “total of” substitute “nor any Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme benefits
shall be payable but the paying authority shall pay to or in respect of the
person concerned a sum equal to the total of”.
36 16(5) For “the Postmaster-General”
 in each place where it occurs substitute “the
paying authority”.
37 18(1) For “The Postmaster-General may”
 in line 1 substitute “The paying authority
shall”.
38  Delete “out of the Post Office Fund”
 (substituted for “out of moneys provided by
Parliament” by section 1(5)
of the Post
Office Act 1961).
39 18(2) For “the Post Office”
substitute “the Department of the Postmaster General”
.
40  At the end of the paragraph insert “and
in the employment of the Post Office or the civil service of the State (as
the case may be) into which the person concerned entered or in which he continued,
respectively, on the appointed day.”.
41 18(4) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
42  After “civil service of the State”
 insert “or the Post Office”.

43 19(2) After “Superannuation Acts”
 in the second place where it occurs insert “or
the Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme”.
44 19(3) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
45  After “established civil servant”
 insert “or a pensionable employee of the Post
Office, respectively”.
46 20(2) After “Superannuation Acts”
 insert “or the Post Office Staff Superannuation
Scheme”.
47  After “unestablished civil servants”
 insert “or unpensionable employees of the
Post Office, respectively”.
48 20(3) After “Superannuation Acts”
 in the second place where it occurs insert “or
the Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme”.
49  After “established civil servant”
 in the second place where it occurs insert “or
a pensionable employee of the Post Office, respectively”.
50 26(1)–(4) For “the Postmaster-General”
 in each place where it occurs substitute “the
Minister”.
51 26(5) For “the Minister of Labour and National
Service” substitute “the Secretary of
State for Employment”.
52 26(6) For “the Postmaster-General”
 in line 2 substitute “the Minister”
.
53  For “the Postmaster-General”
 in the last line substitute “the paying authority
concerned”.
54 26(8) For “the Treasury”
in line 1 substitute “the Civil Service Department”
.