In these Regulations—

• “the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 19932;

• “the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;

• “the new scheme” means the pension scheme established by regulations made under section 1(1) and (2)(e) of the 2014 Act for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of health service workers;

• “the old scheme” means the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme, as constituted by the Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19953 and the Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20084.