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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993 M1;
“the 1995 Act” means the Pensions Act 1995;
“the 2004 Act” means the Pensions Act 2004;
“the actuary”, in relation to a scheme, means the actuary appointed under section 47(1)(b) of the 1995 Act (professional advisers) in relation to that scheme;
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“the commencement date” means 30th December 2005;
“insurance policy” means an insurance policy which is a contract on human life or a contract of annuity on human life, but excluding a contract which is linked to investment funds;
“pension credit rights” has the meaning given by section 124(1) of the 1995 Act M2;
“the relevant accounts”, for the purposes of identifying and valuing the assets of a scheme, are audited accounts for the scheme—
(a)which comply with the requirements imposed under section 41 of the 1995 Act M3 (provision of documents for members), and
(b)which are prepared in respect of a period ending with the effective date of the valuation.
(2) In these Regulations “scheme” must be read in appropriate cases in accordance with the modifications of Part 3 of the 2004 Act made by paragraphs 1, 4, 5 and 7 of Schedule 2 (multi-employer sectionalised schemes, partly foreign schemes and schemes with a partial public authority guarantee), and “employer” and “member” must be construed accordingly.
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F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (9.8.2012) by virtue of The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1817), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(a)
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M2The definition of “pension credit rights” was inserted into section 124(1) of the 1995 Act by paragraph 61(3) of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).
M3Section 41 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) and paragraph 52 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2004.
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