Transfer of Functions (European Parliamentary Pay and Pensions) Order 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/2995 |
| Year | 1995 |
1995 No. 2995
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (European Parliamentary Pay and Pensions) Order 1995
Made 23th November 1995
Laid before Parliament 5th December 1995
Coming into force 27th December 1995
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of November 1995
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (European Parliamentary Pay and Pensions) Order 1995.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 27th December 1995.
Transfer of functions relating to European Parliamentary pay and pensions
2.—(1) The functions of the Secretary of State under—
(a)
(a) the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 19792, and
(b)
(b) any order made under that Act,
are hereby transferred to the Lord President of the Council.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the words “Lord President of the Council” shall be substituted for the words “Secretary of State” wherever they occur in the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) In section 6 of the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979, the words “At any time after he has made an order under section 4” are hereby repealed.
(4) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to article 25(6) of the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Order 19943.
(5) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to article 5(2) of the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme) (No. 2) Order 19954; but in article 5(2) for “if the Secretary of State has appointed more than one financial institution” there shall be substituted “if more than one financial institution has been appointed”.
Supplementary
3.—(1) Any enactment, instrument, contract or other document passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of the transfers effected by this Order, as if any reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Lord President of the Council.
(2) This Order does not affect the validity of...
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