Commencement of consequential amendments
4.—(1) 1st April 2014 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 27 of the Act (consequential and minor amendments) for the purposes of introducing the paragraphs identified in this article, to the extent specified.
(2) The following paragraphs of Schedule 8 to the Act (consequential and minor amendments) come into force on 1st April 2014 for all purposes—
(a)paragraph 1 (pensions of judges under the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959);
(b)paragraph 2 (pensions of district judges under the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960);
(c)paragraph 3 (pensions under the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961);
(d)paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 (amendments to the Superannuation Act 1972);
(e)paragraph 12 (amendment to the Police Pensions Act 1976);
(f)paragraphs 13 and 30 (parliamentary staff schemes);
(g)paragraph 14 (amendment to the Judicial Pensions Act 1981);
(h)paragraph 15 (amendment to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 on voting rights for local authority committees that are scheme managers);
(i)paragraphs 16 and 17 (amendments to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993);
(j)paragraphs 22, 23, 24 and 25 (amendments to the Police Act 1996);
(k)paragraph 26 (amendment to the Human Rights Act 1998 for ECHR judges);
(l)paragraph 27 (amendment to the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004);
(m)paragraph 28 (amendment to the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004);
(n)paragraph 29 (amendment to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 on the protected functions of the Lord Chancellor); and
(o)paragraph 31 (amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 for transitional protection of employees of the Legal Services Commission).
(3) Paragraphs 18, 19 and 20 (amendments to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 on short service benefit and revaluation) of Schedule 8 to the Act come into force on 1st April 2014 for all purposes except for those of any requirements relating to transitional councillor members in connection with their membership of schemes for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of local government workers in England and Wales.