Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Superannuation and Compensation) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990, but regulation 2 shall have effect as from 14th July 1989 and regulation 6 shall have effect as from 28th February 1986.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988^f1;

• “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986^f2;

• “former employer” means the former employer within the meaning of section 174 of the 1988 Act;

• “new employer” means the new employer within the meaning of section 172 or, as the case may be, section 174 of the 1988 Act;