Regulation A2 Interpretation

(1)

Schedule 1 to these Regulations contains a glossary of expressions: and in these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any expression for which there is an entry in the first column of that Schedule has the meaning given against it in the second column or is to be construed in accordance with directions given against it in that column.

(2)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a)

any reference to the purchase of added years is, in relation to previous provisions, to be construed as including a reference to the payment of contributions by a person in respect of a period during which he was not in pensionable employment,

(b)

any reference to contributions and benefits payable in respect of a person is to be construed as including a reference to contributions paid by him and benefits paid to him, and

(c)

any reference to a transfer value paid or accepted is to be construed as including a reference to a transfer value which would have been paid or accepted but for arrangements made for the avoidance of payments between Ministers.

(3)

Where these Regulations require anything to be done within a specified period after or from a specified day or event, the period begins immediately after the specified day or, as the case may be, the day on which the specified event occurs.

(4)

For the purposes of these Regulations a person’s pensionable employment ends with the last day of the employment or, as the case may be, the last day on which the employment was pensionable.