
1 
These regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (National Health Service Pensions) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 5th July 1974.
2 

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 and other words and expressions used have the same meanings as in the Act.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which provides that a pension authority may increase the basic rate of an official pension of a class prescribed by a percentage of the said basic rate ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the Act and beginning after a specified date) a National Health Service pension, being an official pension which is payable by the Secretary of State, is hereby prescribed as an official pension of a class of which the basic rate may be increased.
4 
A National Health Service pension in respect of service ending with service of a person in a category of employment specified in Part I of the schedule to these regulations (being a pension as respects which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, increases in the emoluments relevant for the purpose of calculating the pension were deferred during the period beginning with 6th November 1972 and ending with 31st March 1973 in consequence of provisions of the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972) is hereby specified as a pension of a class to which section 1(2)(a) of the Act applies.
5 
Subject to regulation 6 of these regulations, the relevant date in relation to a National Health Service pension in respect of service ending with service of a pension in a category of employment specified in column (1) of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of the schedule to these regulations (being the date on which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the emoluments relevant for the purpose of calculating the National Health Service pension were, or are expected to be, increased by the principal pay increase made or expected to be made, during the year ending with 6th November 1974, in accordance with the code in force under section 2 of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 at the time of the increase) shall be the date specified in relation to that category of employment in column (2) of that schedule.
6 
Where a person was transferred by an order made under the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 in a category of employment mentioned in this regulation, the relevant date in relation to the National Health Service pension in respect of the service of such a person shall be in the case of—
(a) a chief administrative officer who retains his former terms and conditions of service, 1st July 1974;
(b) a medical officer (other than a medical officer who upon transfer became a community physician) or a dental officer, 1st October 1974; and
(c) in the case of a person who immediately before being so transferred was an ancillary worker on the staff or a member of the ambulance staff of a local health authority, the relevant date specified by regulations made under the Act which would have applied in relation to the pension of that person had he not been so transferred.
7 
Any increase of pension payable by virtue of these regulations shall have effect in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st December 1973.
Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services
5th June 1974Consent of the Minister for the Civil Service given under his Official Seal on 5th June 1974.
K. H. McNeill
Authorised by the Minister for the Civil Service

SCHEDULE
PART I

(1) (2)
CATEGORY OF EMPLOYMENT RELEVANT DATE
Analytical estimator 1st January 1974
Ancillary worker 10th December 1973
Biochemist 1st January 1974
Clinical psychologist 1st January 1974
Cytology screener 1st January 1974
Hospital pharmacist 1st March 1974
Media maker 1st January 1974
Medical artist 1st January 1974
Medical chartist 1st January 1974
Medical laboratory technician 1st January 1974
Museum attendant 1st January 1974
Maintenance worker 1st January 1974
Neurophysiological technician 1st January 1974
Psychological technician 1st January 1974
Physicist 1st January 1974
PART II
Administrative and clerical staff 1st April 1974
Artificial kidney assistant 1st August 1974
Assistant supervisor 1st July 1974
Building supervisor 1st July 1974
Community physician 1st April 1974
Contact lens fitter 1st April 1974
Dark room technician 1st September 1974
Dental auxiliary 1st July 1974
Dental hygienist 1st July 1974
Dental laboratory attendant 1st August 1974
Dental surgery assistant 1st July 1974
Dental technician 1st April 1974
General dental practitioner 1st April 1974
General medical practitioner 1st April 1974
Hospital dentist 1st April 1974
Hospital doctor 1st April 1974
Hospital engineer 1st April 1974
Hospital optician 1st May 1974
Laboratory aide 1st October 1974
Medical photographer 1st July 1974
Medical physics technician 1st August 1974
Nursing and midwifery staff 1st April 1974
Ophthalmic medical practitioner 1st April 1974
Pharmacy technician 1st July 1974
Phlebotomist 1st April 1974
Post mortem room technician 1st August 1974
Professional and technical staff 1st April 1974
Quality control technician 1st April 1974
Regional Hospital Board or Regional Health Authority—Regional architect 1st April 1974
Deputy regional architect 1st April 1974
Regional engineer 1st April 1974
Deputy regional engineer 1st April 1974
Regional quantity surveyor 1st April 1974
Works staff 1st July 1974
Social worker 1st July 1974
Works assistant 1st July 1974