The National Insurance (Modification of the London Transport and Railway Pension Schemes) Regulations 1956

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1956-05-15
State In force
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Made: 15th May 1956

Laid before Parliament: 22nd May 1956

Coming into Operation: 1st September 1956

Whereas the Treasury have determined under subsection (4) of Section 69 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, that the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation is the appropriate Minister to make regulations under that subsection for modifying the pension schemes to which these Regulations apply:

Now, therefore, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in exercise of his powers under the said subsection and of all other powers him enabling in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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The provisions of the five next succeeding Regulations shall be terms of every railway pension scheme and notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein contained every such scheme and any enactment relating thereto and all trust deeds, rules and other instruments made for the purposes thereof shall be construed accordingly.

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Provided that this Regulation shall not apply in the case of a new entrant who was, immediately before he became an employed person,—

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Provided that this Regulation shall not apply in the case of an existing member who was, immediately before he became an employed person,—

and where such a notice is given by any existing member to whom this Regulation applies paragraph (2) of this Regulation shall have effect as if the reference therein to his age at the 1st September, 1956 were a reference to his age at the 5th July, 1948, or, if the existing member was not then a member of the scheme, at the date on which he became a member and paragraph (3) of this Regulation shall have effect as if the reference therein to years of pensionable service since the 1st September, 1956 were a reference to pensionable service since the 5th July, 1948, or, if the existing member was not then a member of the scheme, the date on which he became a member:

Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in any case where the notice is not give within three months of the 1st September, 1956, or, if on that date the existing member concerned is employed wholetime in Her Majesty's forces, within three months of his ceasing to be so employed.

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of his desire that this Regulation should apply to him.

be reduced in accordance with such sum shown in that one of the columns of Table 1 set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations as may be applicable to his case.

Provided that in computing the reduction of the annual superannuation allowance to be made under this paragraph in the case of a new entrant or an existing member to whom this Regulation applies, he shall be deemed to have completed at least one year of pensionable service.

and where such a notice is given by any existing member to whom this Regulation applies paragraph (3) of this Regulation shall have effect as if the reference therein to years of pensionable service since, and age at, the date from which his contributions were reduced under paragraph (2) of this Regulation were a reference to pensionable service since, and age at, the 5th July, 1948, or, if the existing member was not then a member of the scheme, the date on which he became a member:

Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in any case where the notice is not given within three months of the 1st September, 1956, or, if on that date the existing member concerned is employed wholetime in Her Majesty's forces, within three months of his ceasing to be so employed.

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Provided that the sum payable to his legal personal representative under the rules of his scheme shall not be reduced under the provisions of this paragraph to an amount less than that which would have been so payable had the sum payable under the scheme been calculated by reference to the contributions paid by or in respect of him thereunder.

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any sums applied in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (5) of Regulation 4 or Regulation 5 of these Regulations in reducing the sums due to be paid by any person by way of contribution shall be deemed to be sums paid by way of contribution by that person.

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The provisions of the four next succeeding Regulations shall be terms of the London Transport pension scheme and notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein contained the said scheme and any enactment relating thereto and all trust deeds, rules and other instruments made for the purposes thereof shall be construed accordingly.

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Provided that this Regulation shall not apply in the case of an existing member—

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The provisions of Regulations 6 and 7 of these Regulations shall apply in relation to new entrants into and existing members of the London Transport pension scheme as they apply in relation to new entrants into and existing members of a railway pension scheme subject to the modifications that references therein to Regulations 3, 4 and 5 of these Regulations shall be construed respectively as references to Regulations 9, 10 and 11 of these Regulations and references therein to a railway pension scheme shall be construed as references to the London Transport pension scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Amount of reduction in the annual contributions payable by and in respect of the member Amount of reduction in the annual contributions payable by and in respect of the member Amount of reduction in the annual contributions payable by and in respect of the member Amount of reduction in the annual contributions payable by and in respect of the member
Men Men Women Women
Age Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
under 19 3 0 10 3 13 10 3 13 10 4 11 4
19 and under 20 3 5 2 3 18 4 3 18 4 4 15 8
20 and under 21 3 5 2 3 18 4 4 2 8 5 0 0
21 and under 22 3 9 6 4 2 8 4 7 0 5 4 4
22 and under 23 3 9 6 4 7 0 4 11 4 5 13 0
23 and under 24 3 13 10 4 7 0 4 15 8 5 17 4
24 and under 25 3 18 4 4 11 4 5 4 4 6 1 8
25 and under 26 3 18 4 4 15 8 5 8 8 6 10 6
26 and under 27 4 2 8 4 15 8 5 17 4 6 14 10
27 and under 28 4 7 0 5 0 0 6 1 8 6 19 2
28 and under 29 4 7 0 5 0 0 6 6 0 7 3 6
29 and under 30 4 11 4 5 4 4 6 14 10 7 7 10
30 and under 31 4 15 8 5 8 8 6 19 2 7 16 6
31 and under 32 4 15 8 5 8 8 7 3 6 8 5 2
32 and under 33 5 0 0 5 13 0 7 7 10 8 9 6
33 and under 34 5 4 4 5 13 0 7 12 2 8 13 10
34 and under 35 5 4 4 5 17 4 7 16 6 9 2 8
35 and under 36 5 8 8 6 1 8 8 0 10 9 7 0
36 and under 37 5 13 0 6 6 0 8 5 2 9 11 4
37 and under 38 5 17 4 6 10 6 8 9 6 9 15 8
38 and under 39 6 1 8 6 10 6 8 18 2 10 0 0
39 and under 40 6 1 8 6 14 10 9 2 8 10 4 4
40 and under 41 6 6 0 6 19 2 9 11 4 10 8 8
41 and under 42 6 10 6 7 3 6 9 15 8 10 13 0
42 and under 43 6 14 10 7 7 10 10 0 0 10 17 4
43 and under 44 6 19 2 7 12 2 10 4 4 11 6 0
44 and under 45 7 3 6 7 16 6 10 13 0 11 14 10
45 and under 46 7 7 10 8 0 10 11 1 8 12 3 6
46 and under 47 7 12 2 8 5 2 11 6 0 12 7 10
47 and under 48 7 16 6 8 9 6 11 10 4 12 16 6
48 and under 49 8 0 10 8 13 10 11 19 2 13 0 10
49 and under 50 8 5 2 9 2 8 12 3 6 13 9 6
50 and under 51 8 9 6 9 7 0 12 12 2 13 9 6
51 and under 52 8 18 2 9 11 4 12 12 2 13 9 6
52 and under 53 9 2 8 9 15 8 12 12 2 13 9 6
53 and under 54 9 7 0 10 4 4 12 12 2 13 9 6
54 and under 55 9 11 4 10 13 0 12 12 2 13 9 6
55 and over 10 0 0 11 1 8 12 12 2 13 9 6

SECOND SCHEDULE

TABLE 1 — RAILWAY PENSION SCHEMES

Men Men Women Women
Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
3 5 0 3 18 0 3 18 0 4 15 4

TABLE 2 — LONDON TRANSPORT PENSION SCHEME

Men Women
s. d. s. d.
1 6 1 10

THIRD SCHEDULE

TABLE 1 — RAILWAY PENSION SCHEMES

Annual amount Annual amount Annual amount Annual amount
Men Men Women Women
Age Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes Members of pension scheme under L.M.S. Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1924 Members of other railway pension schemes
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
under 19 1 14 0 1 14 0 1 14 0 1 14 0
19 and under 20 1 14 0 1 14 0 1 14 0 1 14 0
20 and under 21 1 14 0 1 14 0 1 12 0 1 12 6
21 and under 22 1 12 6 1 12 6 1 10 6 1 11 0
22 and under 23 1 11 0 1 11 0 1 9 0 1 9 6
23 and under 24 1 9 6 1 10 0 1 7 6 1 8 0
24 and under 25 1 8 6 1 9 0 1 6 0 1 6 6
25 and under 26 1 7 6 1 8 0 1 4 6 1 5 0
26 and under 27 1 7 0 1 7 0 1 3 0 1 4 0
27 and under 28 1 6 0 1 6 6 1 2 0 1 3 0
28 and under 29 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
29 and under 30 1 4 6 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 0
30 and under 31 1 3 6 1 4 6 19 0 1 0 0
31 and under 32 1 3 0 1 3 6 18 6 19 6
32 and under 33 1 2 6 1 3 0 18 0 19 0
33 and under 34 1 1 6 1 2 6 17 6 18 6
34 and under 35 1 1 0 1 2 0 17 0 18 0
35 and under 36 1 0 6 1 1 6 16 6 17 6
36 and under 37 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 17 0
37 and under 38 19 0 1 0 6 15 6 16 6
38 and under 39 18 6 1 0 0 15 0 16 0
39 and under 40 18 0 19 6 14 6 15 6
40 and under 41 17 6 19 0 14 0 15 0
41 and under 42 17 0 18 6 13 6 15 0
42 and under 43 16 6 18 0 13 0 14 6
43 and under 44 16 0 17 6 13 0 14 0
44 and under 45 15 6 17 0 12 6 13 6
45 and under 46 15 0 16 6 12 0 13 0
46 and under 47 14 6 16 0 12 0 13 0
47 and under 48 14 0 16 0 11 6 12 6
48 and under 49 14 0 15 6 11 0 12 6
49 and under 50 13 6 15 0 11 0 12 0
50 and under 51 13 0 14 6 10 6 12 0
51 and under 52 12 6 14 0 10 6 12 0
52 and under 53 12 0 13 6 10 6 12 0
53 and under 54 12 0 13 0 10 6 12 0
54 and under 55 11 6 12 6 10 6 12 0
55 and over 11 0 12 0 10 6 12 0

TABLE 2 — LONDON TRANSPORT PENSION SCHEME

Annual amount Annual amount
Age at nearest birthday
Men Women
£ s. d. £ s. d.
18 1 14 0 1 14 0
19 1 12 6 1 11 0
20 1 11 0 1 8 6
21 1 10 0 1 6 6
22 1 9 0 1 5 0
23 1 8 0 1 4 0
24 1 7 0 1 3 0
25 1 6 0 1 2 0
26 1 5 0 1 1 6
27 1 4 0 1 0 6
28 1 3 6 19 6
29 1 3 0 18 6
30 1 2 6 18 0
31 1 1 6 17 0
32 1 1 0 16 6
33 1 0 6 16 0
34 1 0 0 15 6
35 19 6 15 0
36 19 0 14 6
37 18 6 14 0
38 18 0 14 0
39 17 6 13 6
40 17 0 13 6
41 17 0 13 0
42 16 6 12 6
43 16 0 12 6
44 15 6 12 0
45 15 0 12 0
46 15 0 11 6
47 14 6 11 6
48 14 0 11 0
49 14 0 11 0
50 13 6 10 6
51 13 0 10 6
52 13 0 10 6
53 12 6 10 6
54 12 6 10 6
55 and over 12 0 10 6

Signed

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation this fifteenth day of May, 1956.

Harold Watkinson — The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations modify the London Transport and railway staff superannuation schemes to take account of the fact that members of these schemes are insured persons under the National Insurance Acts. Provision is made, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, for reduction of the future contributions payable under the schemes by the members and their employers and for corresponding reduction of the pensions payable under the schemes. The maximum pension reduction is £67—12—0 a year. These reductions are compulsory in respect of existing and future members of railway schemes who entered railway service after 31st December 1947 or became employed by the Railway Clearing House after 1st January 1948 and (with certain exceptions) in respect of persons who became members of the London Transport scheme on or after 29th July 1947 or become members in the future. Other members can elect to have the reductions applied. In certain cases, members can elect for further reduction of future contributions, with correspondingly greater reduction of pension within the maximum.

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