PENSIONS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Increase of Pensions (Governors) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 6th July 1976. 2 1 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say— “ the Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971; “ Governor ” means the Governor (however styled) or administrator of any part of Her Majesty's dominions other than the British Islands; or a protectorate; or a trust, territory designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury; or any federation or association of overseas territories; and references to a Governor include, except where the context otherwise requires, reference to a person who has been a Governor. 2 The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of and otherwise in relation to these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of and otherwise in relation to an Act of Parliament. 3 The provisions of the Act shall apply to a pension referred to in paragraph 27A of Schedule 2 to the Act (pensions payable under any scheme or part of a scheme made under section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973, which incorporates, replaces or amends the provisions of the Governors' Pensions Acts 1957 and 1967 or of the Superannuation Act 1965 so far as it continued to have effect by virtue of section 23(2) of the Super-annuation Act 1972, other than a pension granted under sections 8 or 10 of the Governors' Pensions Act 1957 or a pension to which section 4(6) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 applied, subject to the modifications specified in regulation 4 of these Regulations. 4 In relation to any pension to which the preceding regulation applies, the Act, but not any order made under section 6 of the Act, shall apply as if section 8(2) and (3) and any references in the Act to either of these provisions were omitted and as if— a a pension to which section 1(1) of the Pensions (Governors of Dominions etc. ) Act 1929 applied began on 27 March 1929; b a pension to which section 2(1) of the Pensions (Governors of Dominions etc.) Act 1947 applied either directly or by virtue of section 14 of the Governors' Pensions Act 1956 began on 18 December 1947; c a pension granted on or before 31 December 1974 under the Governors' Pensions Acts 1957 and 1967 or under a scheme made or having effect under section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 began on whichever is the later of— i the date of first appointment of the recipient to the last office of Governor in which he served in respect of which a pension has been granted to him under the Governors' Pensions Acts 1957 and 1967 or under such a scheme; or ii the date on which the salary enjoyed by him during service in that last office was last revised; d a pension granted on or after 1 January 1975 under a scheme made or having effect under section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 began on the day following the last day of service; and e a substituted pension began on the same date as the original pension is deemed to have begun under this regulation or, if earlier, on the date from which the surrender of the original pension took effect. 5 The Increase of Pensions (Governors) Regulations 1974 are revoked. A. Crosland Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 27th May 1976 Consent of the Minister for the Civil Service given under his Official Seal on 7th June 1976. K.H. McNeill Authorised by the Minister for the Civil Service