3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:

Fund means the State Authorities Superannuation Fund.

service, in relation to a transferred transport officer, means the number of whole calendar months before 1 April 1989 that would have been taken into account in calculating the benefit that would have been payable to the officer if he or she had continued to be subject to the Transport Officers’ Gratuity Scheme.

the Act means the State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987.

transferred transport officer means a person who has become a contributor to the Fund by virtue of clause 4 (1).

Transport Officers’ Gratuity Scheme means the scheme set out in sections 132A–132C of the Transport Act 1930 (as preserved by clause 43 of Schedule 7 to the Transport Administration Act 1988).

(2) In relation to a transferred transport officer, the definition of accrued benefit points in section 36 of the Act is to be construed as if the reference in that section to contributed points figures included a reference to the number of transferred benefit points for the officer calculated in accordance with clause 5.

(3) For the purpose of applying the definition of final average salary in section 36 of the Act to a transferred transport officer, that definition is to be read as if the officer had become a new contributor on 1 April 1989.