These Regulations may be cited as The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and except as provided for in paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st April 2015.

Paragraphs 15 and 16 of Schedule 4 shall have effect from 27th March 2014.

Schedule 1 (interpretation) contains definitions of expressions used in these Regulations which apply for their interpretation unless the context indicates a different meaning.

In these Regulations, where an expression is used in relation to provisions in the 2000 Regulations, the 2002 Regulations, the Benefits Regulations, the Administration Regulations, the Transitional Regulations 2009, the 2009 Scheme or the 2014 Regulations, those expressions are to be construed in accordance with the meaning given to those expressions in the provisions referred to, unless the context indicates otherwise.

In regulations 4A to 4T, a reference to actuarial guidance issued by the Department means guidance identified as such which is issued in accordance with regulation 2(3) of the 2014 Regulations.

Where these Regulations refer to the PSP Directions 2023, a reference to “scheme manager” in those Directions is to be read as “the Committee”.