1. These regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Local Authorities' etc. Prescribed Pensions) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 6th November 1974.

2.-(1) In these regulations "the Act of 1974" means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment or instrument shall be construed as references thereto as amended by any other enactment or instrument.

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3. There are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act of 1974 the pensions specified in Schedule 1 to these regulations ("prescribed pensions").

4. A prescribed pension payable in respect of service ending with a category of employment or service specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations is specified as 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 the provisions of the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972.

5. The date on which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the emoluments relevant for the purpose of calculating a prescribed pension payable in respect of service ending with a category of employment or service specified in column (1) of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 2 to these regulations 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, is the date specified in relation to that category of employment or service in column (2) of that Schedule.

6. 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.

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1PRESCRIBED PENSIONS

1. A pension payable by a local authority in England or Wales out of a superannuation fund established and administered under Part B of the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1974(1).

2. A pension payable by the Common Council of the City of London out of the superannuation fund established under the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1931.

3. A pension payable by a local authority in England or Wales under the Local Government (Retirement of Chief Officers) Regulations 1973(2).

4. A pension payable by a local authority in England or Wales by way of such compensation as is mentioned in section 8(1)(b) or (c) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, other than a pension payable under section 259 of the Local Government Act 1972 to or in respect of a regular fireman within the meaning of the Firemen's Pension Scheme 1973 (set out in Appendix 2 to the Firemen's Pension Scheme Order 1973(3)).

5. A pension payable by the National Water Council, or by a water authority within the meaning of the Water Act 1973, under any enactment or instrument made under any enactment.

6. A pension payable under the Local Government (Compensation) Regulations 1974(4) by such an association as is described in paragraph 4(ii) in column 1 of Schedule 2 to those regulations or, where the association ceased to exist, by the body succeeding to the property and liabilities of that association.

Regulations 4 and 5

SCHEDULE 2CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE, TOGETHER WITH RELEVANT DATES

PART I

PART II

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, enable the local authorities', National Water Council's and other pensions described in Schedule 1 to be increased under section 1 of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974, which provides for increases in official pensions affected by the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 and the Counter-Inflation Act 1973.

Under the powers in section 4(3)(a) of the Act of 1974, the Regulations provide for increases payable by virtue of the Regulations to take effect from 1st December 1973.