
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Civil Service Early Retirement Pension Scheme 1992) Regulations 1993, and shall come into force on12th April 1993.
2 

(1) In these Regulations—
 “the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;
 “pension” means a pension within the meaning of the 1971 Act.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations the time when a pension “begins” is that stated in section 8(2) of the 1971 Act.
3 
The 1971 Act shall have effect in relation to any pension payable under the Civil Service Early Retirement Pension Scheme 1992 (being a superannuation scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972) as if it were a pension specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act.
4 
Any increase of pension payable by virtue of these Regulations shall have effect in respect of any pension beginning on or after 1st April 1992.
Nicholas Baker
Gregory Knight
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th March 1993