{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/229",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.\n(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2009.\n(3) In these Regulations–\n“the 1987 Scheme” means the occupational pension scheme constituted by the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987;\n“the 1998 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998;\n“the 1998 Scheme” means the occupational pension scheme constituted by the 1998 Regulations;\n“the 1998 Transitional Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998;\n“the Administration Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008;\n“the Benefits Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008;\n“the Scheme” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) 2009 constituted by the Benefits Regulations; and\n“scheme actuary” means the actuary appointed from time to time by the Scottish Ministers to provide a consulting service on actuarial matters relevant to the Benefits Regulations.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2009, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1850, amended by S.I. 1988/625, 1989/422, 802 and 967, 1990/422 and 1284, 1991/78, 1992/1220 and 3025, 1993/1593, 2013 and 3044, 1994/531, 1995/214, 2865 and 3294, 1996/414 and 1241 and 1997/674, 1143, 1373, 1435 and 3048."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/366; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2000/199, 2001/23, 2002/311, 2005/293, 315 and 554, 2006/123, 468 and 514 and 2007/71 and 514."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 1998/364."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2008/228."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2008/230."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/229",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/229/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:52.031817+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}