
1 
These regulations may be cited as the Pensions
Increase (Approved Schemes) (Local Government) (Amendment) Regulations 1975
and shall come into operation on 25th April 1975.
2 

(1) In these regulations 
“the principal regulations” means 
the Pensions Increase (Approved
Schemes) (Local Government) Regulations 1972.
(2) The 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of
an Act of Parliament.
3 
In regulation 2(1)
 of the principal regulations (interpretation)
for the definition of “local authority” there shall
be substituted—“

 “local authority”
 means— 
(a) the Greater London Council, the Common Council of the City of London
and the council of a London borough;
(b) in respect of any time before
1st April 1974, the council of an administrative county, county borough or
county district;
(c) the council of a county or district
established by or under the Local Government
Act 1972; and
(d) any other local authority within
the meaning of the Local Loans Act 1875;
and any reference in these regulations to a local
authority shall apply also—  
(i) to any joint board or joint committee established under or by virtue
of any Act if all the constituent authorities are local authorities; and
(ii) in respect of any time before
1st April 1974, to any other joint committee established by a combination
scheme under section 5(1)
and (2) of the 
Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Act 1922 in its application
to England and Wales or under section 2
of the Act of 1937 and, in respect of any time on or after 1st April 1974,
to any other joint committee established in accordance with regulations made
under section 7
of the Act of 1972 in its application to England and Wales; and
(iii) in respect of any time before
1st April 1974, in relation to cases where they were the employing authority
for purposes of the Act of 1937 and, in respect of any time on or after 1st
April 1974, in relation to cases where they are the employing authority for
the purposes of regulations made under section
7 of the Act of 1972 in its application to
England and Wales, to any passenger transport executive established under 
section 9(1) of the Transport Act 1968
;
”.
4 

(1) This regulation shall apply to, but only
to, a person who ceases to be employed by a local authority on or after 31st
March 1972.In this paragraph the reference to a local authority shall be construed
as a reference to any local authority or other body which is, or is to be
treated as, a local authority for the purposes of the principal regulations.

(2) The principal regulations, as amended
by regulation 3
of these regulations, shall have effect in relation to a person to whom this
regulation applies as provided in 
paragraphs (3) to (6) below.
(3) Regulation
2(1) shall have effect as if—
(a) for the definition of “average
remuneration” there were substituted—“

 “average remuneration”
, in relation to a person, means an amount
equal to the remuneration of his employment as assessed for the purpose of
calculating the employer's superannuation contribution during the relevant
year of his reckonable service;
”
(b) for the definition of “minimum
pensionable age” there were substituted—“

 “minimum pensionable
age”, in relation to a person, means 
the earliest age at which he could have become entitled to receive a pension
by virtue of regulation E2(1)(a)
or (b)(ii) of the Superannuation
Regulations if, where he attained that age before 1st April 1974, those regulations
had then been in force and if in his employment he had been a pensionable
employee;
”
(c) after the definition of “minimum
pensionable age” there were inserted—“

 “pensionable employee”
 has the same meaning as in the Superannuation
Regulations;
”
(d) after the definition of “relevant
local authority” there were inserted—“

 “relevant year”
, in relation to a person's reckonable service, means the year ending with the day on which the person ceases to hold
his employment or the day on which he completes 45 years' reckonable service,
disregarding reckonable service before attaining the age of 60 years beyond
a total of 40 years, whichever is the earlier, but if the amount of the remuneration
of his employment assessed for the purpose of calculating the employer's superannuation
contribution during that year is less than the amount it would have been had
the relevant year been either of the two years immediately preceding that
year, the expression means whichever one of those two years yields the higher
amount;
”
(e) after the definition of “the
Secretary of State” there were inserted—“

 ”“the Superannuation
Regulations” means the 
Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1974;
”
(4) Sub-paragraph
(b)(ii) of regulation 4(1) (which defines the
persons to whom the regulations are to apply) shall have effect as if for
the figure “10” there were substituted the figure 
“5”.
(5) Regulation
5 (notional pension and notional lump sum)
shall have effect as if—
(a) for paragraph
(1)(b) there were substituted—“
(b) for any additional
day of reckonable service one three hundred and sixty fifth of one eightieth
of his average remuneration.”
(b) for paragraph
(2)(b) there were substituted—“
(b) for any additional
day of reckonable service one three hundred and sixty fifth of three eightieths
of his average remuneration.”.
(6) Schedule
1 (meaning of reckonable service) shall have
effect as if—
(a) in paragraph
2(b) at the end there were added—“
or regulation B4
 of the Superannuation Regulations
”
(b) in paragraph
3(b) after the word “Man”
 there were inserted—“
or under regulations made under 
section 7 of the Act of 1972
”.
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Any benefit, or any increase of benefit, attributable
to these regulations shall take effect in respect of any period beginning
on or after 1st April 1972.
Anthony Crosland
Secretary of State for the Environment
21st March 1975Approval of the Minister for the Civil Service given under his
official seal on 21st March 1975.
K.H. McNeill
Authorised by the Minister for the Civil Service
