Parliamentary Pensions Act 1978 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Pensions and Gratuities for Members,Ministers and Other Office‑Holders
2A. Future and Nominated Members’ eligibility for pension
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Unless otherwise expressly provided, a future Member is not eligible for any pension or gratuity under the provisions of this Act in respect of his or her reckonable service as a future Member.
future Member
“future Member” means a person —(a)who becomes, by election or appointment, a Member at any time after 1 January 1995 without previously having been, before or after that date, a Member or an office-holding Member;(b)who, having been a Member before 1 January 1995 but not being a Member on that date, becomes, by election or appointment, a Member at any time after that date; or(c)who, being an elected Member on 1 January 1995, becomes —(i)a non‑constituency Member or nominated Member at any time after 1 January 1995 with or without a break in his or her service as a Member; or(ii)an elected Member at any time after 1 January 1995 with a break in his or her service as a Member after that date,and for the purposes of paragraph (c), a Member’s service is deemed not broken but continuous if, following the dissolution of Parliament or his or her seat therein becoming vacant under the provisions of the Constitution, he or she is elected as a Member at the ensuing general election or the ensuing by‑election to fill that vacancy;
To avoid doubt —
a future Member who holds any office remains eligible for a pension under the provisions of this Act in respect of his or her reckonable service in that office; and
a person who, on the date immediately before he or she becomes a future Member, has the minimum period of reckonable service as a Member to be eligible for a pension under section 3 (including any period of reckonable service which may be counted by virtue of the repealed section 6), remains eligible for a pension under the provisions of this Act in respect of his or her reckonable service as a Member as of that date.
Any person who on 1 January 1995 is a nominated Member is not eligible for a pension under the provisions of this Act in respect of his or her service as a Member on or after that date.
nominated Member
“elected Member”, “non-constituency Member” and “nominated Member” have the meanings given by Article 39(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Constitution, respectively;