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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

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

  • “active member”, “deferred member”, “member” and “pensioner member” have the meanings given in section 124(1) of the Pensions Act 1995f1 (interpretation);

  • “beneficiary” means a person, other than a member, who is entitled to the present payment of benefits under a public service pension scheme;

  • “money purchase benefits” has the meaning given in section 181(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993f2 (general interpretation);

  • “public service pension scheme” means—

    1. (a)

      a scheme established under section 1 of the 2013 Act (schemes for persons in public service) and any statutory pension scheme that is connected with it;

    2. (b)

      a new public body pension scheme and any statutory pension scheme that is connected with it.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

The definition of “member” was amended by section 84(1) of, and paragraphs 43 and 61(2) of Schedule 12 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). The definition of “pensioner member” was amended by section 56 of, and paragraph 8(3) of Schedule 5 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) and article 10(7) of S.I. 2006/745. See also the definition of “pension credit member” as inserted by section 84(1) of, and paragraphs 43 and 61(3) of Schedule 12 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

f2

1993 c. 48. The definition of “money purchase benefits” was amended by section 29(1) of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19) and article 2 of, and paragraph 18 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2005/2053.