The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Consequential and Amendment) Regulations 2015

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993(1);

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

“the new scheme” means the scheme established by regulation 3 of the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014(2); and

“the old scheme” means the scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972(3) (superannuation schemes as respects civil servants etc.) which is the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2(10) of that Act(4) (further provisions relating to schemes under section 1).

(1)

1993 c. 48.

(2)

S.I. 2014/1964.

(3)

1972 c. 11. Section 1 was amended by section 8(1) and (2) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c.7); by paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48); by paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46); by section 34 of the Public Bodies Act 2011 (c.24); by paragraph 35 of Schedule 18 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21); by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 8, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 9, to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c.25); and by S.I. 2000/2040, 2001/3649, 2007/126 and 2013/3115.

(4)

Section 2(10) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c.25).