Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f1;

• “the 2013 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;

• “the new scheme” means a scheme established by regulations made under section 1(1) and (2)(g) of the 2013 Act for the payment of retirement pensions to or in respect of—

  1. (a)

     a member of a police force^f2 in England and Wales; or

  2. (b)

     a person of a description who, for the purpose of section 25(2) of that Act, is deemed in those regulations to be a member of a police force in England and Wales; and

• “old scheme” means the scheme constituted by the Police Pensions Regulations 2006^f3 or the scheme constituted by the Police Pensions Regulations 1987^f4.