# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Paragraph 8


In regulation 2 (general interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) after the definition of the “1996 Order” insert—
““the 2014 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014”;
(ii) delete the definition of “the Benefits Regulations”;
(iii) after the definition of “the Department” insert—
““the earlier regulations” means the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981, the 1992 Regulations, the 2000 Regulations, the 2002 Regulations and the 2009 Regulations;”;
(iv) in the definition of “the LGPS Regulations” for “the Benefits Regulations, the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009” substitute “ the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 ”; and
(v) after the definition of “the 2002 Regulations” insert—
““the 2009 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for “the 2002 Regulations” substitute “ the 2009 Regulations ”; and
(c) for paragraph (3), substitute—
“(3) Where in these Regulations references are made to anything done under, required under or arising under any provision of the LGPS Regulations, those references shall be construed (so far as the context permits) as references to anything done under, required under or arising under such of the earlier regulations as shall apply and where any references are made to a member or a person who would be or would have been a member, those references shall be construed so far as the context permits as references to a pensionable employee or, as the case may be, to a person who would be or would have been a pensionable employee, within the meaning of such of the earlier regulations as shall apply.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/189/schedule/4/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-4/paragraph-8
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