Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Divorce etc. (Pension Protection Fund) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 8th August 2006.

(2)

In these Regulations—

(a)

a reference to “the Act” is a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973;

(b)

a reference to a section by number alone is a reference to the section so numbered in the Act; and

(c)

“a modified pension attachment order” means an order—

(i)

to which section 25E(2) applies which has effect in accordance with section 25E(3); or

(ii)

which includes provision made by virtue of section 25B(4), as modified by regulation 4 of these Regulations, in relation to entitlement to PPF compensation.