Subsection (2) applies to ...—
In exercising the power the Minister making the order must ensure that the relevant pensions provision in respect of each person who is or has been a member of the RMPP is, in all material respects, at least as good immediately after the exercise of the power as it is immediately before the exercise of the power.
"The relevant pensions provision" means the provision for the payment of pensions or other benefits which is contained in the RMPP or in a new public scheme.
Subsections (1) to (3) do not require provision to be included in a new public scheme if the Minister making the order is of the opinion that the provision would be incompatible with any enactment or assimilated obligation (including any enactment applying as a result of any provision made under this Part).
Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) is to be read as—
The power of the Minister for the Civil Service or the Secretary of State to amend a new public scheme may not be exercised in any manner which would or might adversely affect any provision of the scheme made in respect of qualifying accrued rights unless—
The consent requirements are those prescribed for the purpose of obtaining the consent of members of the scheme to its amendment.