Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of regulation 3 and paragraphs 1 and 10 of the Schedule on 1st April 2001, and

(b) for all other purposes on 5th April 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995(1).

(1)

S.I. 1995/300, as amended by S.I. 1997/80, 1888, 1998/666, 2216, 2000/605, 2001/1428 and 2001/3649.