Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Pension Sharing) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.

In these Regulations—

“the 1985 Act" means the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 M1;

“the 1999 Act" means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;

F1 “excess amount” has the meaning given by section 47(4) of the 1999 Act;

F2 “shareable old state scheme rights” has the meaning given by section 47(2) of the 1999 Act;

“pension arrangement" has the meaning given by section 46(1) of the 1999 Act;

“qualifying arrangement" has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act;

“transferee" and “transferor" have, in regulations 2 and 3, the meaning given by section 29(8), and, in regulations 4 and 5, the meaning given by section 49(6) F3or 49A(5) of the 1999 Act.