Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Managers) Regulations 1986, and shall come into operation on 1st November 1986.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the F1Pension Schemes Act 1993;

• “appropriate administering authority” has the same meaning—

  1. (a)

     in the case of an authority situated in England or Wales as in Schedule 1 to the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986^f1;

  2. (b)

     in the case of an authority situated in Scotland as in regulation A3 of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1974^f2

  ;

• “fire authority” has the same meaning as in the Fire Services Act 1947;

• “the Firemen's Scheme” means the scheme having particulars from time to time set out in orders made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947;

• “a government scheme” means any scheme administered by a government department;

• “a local government scheme” means any scheme having particulars from time to time set out in regulations made under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972;

• “member” and “prospective member” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1986^f3 ;

• “F2police pension authority” and “police force” have the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Act 1976;

• “the Police Scheme” means the scheme having particulars from time to time set out in regulations made under section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1976;