In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19963;

• “the 2003 Regulations” means The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20034;

  F2“the 2014 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

• F1“the Administration Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

• “the Benefits Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

• “employment” includes office but does not include a period as a councillor5;

• F3“the Pension Regulations” means the 2014 Regulations, the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, the Benefits Regulations, the Administration Regulations and the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (so far as they continue to operate);

• “Scheme employer” means an employing authority and, in relation to any person who is a community or transferee admission agreement employee, his community or transferee admission body7;

• “Scheme member” means a person who is a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme constituted by the Pension Regulations;

• “termination date” means the date on the final day of a person’s employment terminated in one of the circumstances set out in regulation 3(1)(a).

Expressions not defined in paragraph (1) but used in these Regulations and in the Pension Regulations have the same meaning as in those Regulations.