# The Divorce etc. (Pensions) (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985;
“the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
“the 1995 Act” means the Pensions Act 1995;
“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;
“active member” has the same meaning as in section 124(1) of the 1995 Act;
“benefits under a pension arrangement” has the same meaning as in section 27(1), subject to section 12A(10) and any reference to the rights or interests which a party has or may have in benefits under a pension arrangement includes a reference to the rights or interests which a party has or may have in such benefits which are payable in respect of the death of either party;
“deferred member” has the meaning given by section 124(1) of the 1995 Act;
“a party” means a party to a marriage;
“occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the 1993 Act;
“pension arrangement” has the same meaning as in section 46(1) of the 1999 Act;
“person responsible for a pension arrangement” has the same meaning as in section 46(2) of the 1999 Act;
“personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the 1993 Act but, as if the reference to employed earners in that definition were to any earner;
“matrimonial property” has the same meaning as in section 10(4) and (5);
“relevant date” has the same meaning as in section 10(3);
“salary related occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 1A of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1996.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to–
(a) a numbered section is to a section bearing that number in the Act;
(b) a numbered regulation is to a regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/112/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-2
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