Section 18

Notwithstanding the repeal of the Parliamentary Pensions Act [Cap. 51, 1970 Ed.] (referred to in this section as the repealed Act), the provisions of the repealed Act in force immediately before 1st September 1978 shall be construed and shall have effect as if it had not been repealed by this Act in the case of any person who —

The provisions of this Act shall not apply to —

If in the case of a Member who on 1st September 1978 has not less than 9 years’ reckonable service and has attained the age of 45 years, the pension which he is eligible to receive under section 3 on his ceasing to be a Member, together with any pension which he is eligible to receive under section 4, is less than the amount of pension which he would have been eligible to receive under the repealed Act in respect of his reckonable service before that date had he ceased to be a Member on that date, his pension under section 3 may be increased by the difference between that amount and the pensions which he is eligible to receive under sections 3 and 4.

Subsection (3) shall not apply to a person who may be granted a pension by virtue of sections 9 and 11.

Any person who on 1st September 1978 is eligible to receive a pension under section 10 of the repealed Act in respect of his reckonable service under that Act if he had ceased to hold public office as defined by that section may, when he ceases to hold such public office, be granted a pension under the repealed Act in respect of the period of such reckonable service before that date as if the repealed Act had not been repealed by this Act.