{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2017/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2017/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/17",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2017",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Relevant public service pension schemes",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 1, a pension scheme is a relevant public service pension scheme if it falls within subsection (2) or (3).\n(2) A scheme falls within this subsection if it is a public service pension scheme within the meaning of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (see section 1(1) of that Act).\n(3) A scheme falls within this subsection if it is—\n(a) a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (new public service schemes),\n(b) a new public body pension scheme (as defined in section 30 of that Act), or\n(c) a statutory pension scheme which is connected with a scheme referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) (and for this purpose “statutory pension scheme” and “connected” have the meanings given in that Act; see sections 37 and 4(6) of that Act).\n(4) But a scheme does not fall within subsection (3) if it is a scheme specified in an order made under section 318(6)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004 (schemes excluded from definition of “public service pension scheme”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 1 modified (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 28(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 1 modified (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 28(3)(4)(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 44(1)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 5.9.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/965, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 1.10.2018 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/965, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/17/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:32.973256+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."
}