Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force on 3rd August 2005, but regulations 2 to 5 shall have effect from 1st April 2005.

(3)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997^f1.

(4)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales^f2.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1997/1612; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/954, 1613, 1998/1238, 1999/3438, 2001/770, 3401, 2002/206, 2003/1022, 2004/573 and 2004/3372.
f2: The Secretary of State’s functions under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750).