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# Parliamentary and Other Pensions Act 1972

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Parliamentary and Other Pensions Act 1972
1972 c. 48
An Act to make further provision with respect to the contributory pensions scheme for Members of the House of Commons, and to establish a similar scheme for the holders of certain Ministerial and other offices; to make further provision with respect to pensions and related benefits payable to or in respect of persons who have been Prime Minister, Speaker of the House of Commons or Lord Chancellor; to extend the application to Northern Ireland of certain enactments relating to pensions; and for purposes connected with those matters.
[27th July 1972]

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## 26 Pensions of Prime Minister and Speaker. {#section-26}

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## 27 Pensions for dependants of Prime Minister or Speaker. {#section-27}

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## 28 Pension of Lord Chancellor. {#section-28}

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## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-29}



## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-30}



## 31 Provisions as to Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. {#section-31}

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## 32 Annuity premiums of Ministers and other office-holders. {#section-32}

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## 35 Interpretation (general). {#section-35}

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
“the Act of 1965” means the Ministerial Salaries and Members’ Pensions Act 1965;
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“the Consolidated Fund” means the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom;
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“enactment” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
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(2) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.

## 36 Amendments, repeals and savings. {#section-36}

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## 37 Short title. {#section-37}

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## SCHEDULES 1—4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-1}