The Compensation for Redundancy or Premature Retirement (Scottish Environment Protection Agency and River Purification Boards Transitional Arrangements) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“prescribed period” means the period beginning on 1st March 1996 and ending on 31st March 1997;

“reckonable service” has the same meaning as in the 1994 Regulations;

“relevant body” means—

(a)

a river purification board established under section 135 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1); or

(b)

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency established under section 20 of the Environment Act 1995(2);

“remuneration” has the same meaning as in the 1994 Regulations;

“the Superannuation Regulations” means the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987(3);

“the 1979 Regulations” means the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1979(4);

“the 1994 Regulations” means the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1994(5).

(2) In these Regulations, subject to paragraph (1) of this regulation and unless the context otherwise requires, any expression which is also used in either the 1979 Regulations or the 1994 Regulations has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is to be construed as a reference to the regulation that bears that number in these Regulations.

(1)

1973 c. 65; section 135 was amended by the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), Schedule 4 and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92 (34).

(2)

1995 c. 37.

(3)

S.I. 1987/1850, amended by S.I. 1988/625, 1989/422, 802 and 967, 1990/422 and 1284, 1991/78, 1992/1220, 1597 and 3025, 1993/1593, 2013 and 3044, 1994/531, 1995/214, 750 and 3294 and 1996/414.

(4)

S.I. 1979/785, amended by S.I. 1982/917, 1984/846, 1986/409, 1990/125, 1992/1025 and 1597, 1993/490, 1994/1715 and 3068 and 1995/3294.

(5)

S.I. 1994/3068, amended by S.I. 1995/340.