This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1999/3438 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
2000 No. 1005
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7 and 12 of the Superannuation Act 19721 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with such assocations of local authorities as appeared to him to be concerned and such representatives of other persons likely to be affected by the Regulations as appeared to him to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th April 2000, but regulation 4(b) shall have effect from 1st April 1998 and regulations 3 and 4(a) shall have effect from 13th January 2000.
2
In regulation 5, expressions which are also used in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 19972 have the same meaning as they have in those Regulations.
Amendment of regulations2
The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations.
Admission agreements3
In regulation 53—
a
in paragraph (17)(a)(i) and (ii) for “long term business” substitute “general business”; and
b
in paragraph (17)(a)(ii), for “, or providing long term insurance” substitute “or providing insurance of an appropriate class within general business”.
Interpretation4
In Schedule 1—
a
in the definitions of “Admission agreement employee” and “Scheme employer”, for “regulation 5(10)” substitute “regulation 5(16)”; and
b
in the definition of “Scheme employer”, after “means a” insert “resolution body listed in regulation 4(6) or a”.
Savings5
The amendment made by regulation 3 shall not affect the validity of any indemnity or bond in an approved form with an authorised insurer, as defined by the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 before their amendment by these Regulations, which was made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note does not form part of these Regulations)