The Pensions (Miscellaneous Offices) (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1977
This Order modifies, by virtue of section 65 of the Social Security Act 1973, and the analogous legislation in force in Northern Ireland, the pensions schemes for the holders of the offices listed in the Schedule to the Order. It enables a reduced pension and derivative benefits (lump sum and widow's and children's pensions) to be preserved for the benefit of an office holder who ceases to hold office before the age at which he would otherwise normally become eligible to be granted a pension, and to be paid to or in respect of him thereafter.