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K1. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
“fund authority” means—
in the application of regulations K2 to K12 to a person, the body maintaining the pension fund to which he was a contributor immediately before he ceased to be employed in his local government employment or, if that fund has been closed, the body which would be liable to pay him his pension in respect of that employment if he had been entitled to receive payment of such a pension when he ceased to be employed in his local government employment, and
in the application of regulations K13 to K19 to a person, the body maintaining the pension fund to which he became a contributor after he ceased to be employed in his non-local government employment or, if that fund has been closed—
if when the fund was closed he was not employed in local government employment, the body which would be liable to pay him his pension in respect of the local government employment in question if he had been entitled to receive payment of such a pension when he ceased to be employed in that employment; and
otherwise, the body maintaining the pension fund to which he became a contributor when the fund was closed;
“local Act scheme” has—
in relation to any time before 25th March 1972, the same meaning as in the Act of 1937, and
in relation to any time on or after that date, the same meaning as in section 8 of the Superannuation Act 1972(1);
“local government employer”, in relation to a person who is, or has been, employed in local government employment, means the body which is, or is treated as being, the employing authority or former employing authority for the purposes of the Acts of 1937 to 1953 or, as the case may be, the local Act scheme or these regulations;
“pension” does not include an allowance, grant or gratuity;
“service” means service or employment with any employer;
“state scheme premium” has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes Act 1993(2).