Citation, commencement, effect and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
(2) Unless otherwise specified in paragraphs (3) to (8), these Regulations come into force on 1st April 2016 and have effect from that date.
(3) Regulations 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 28, 30, 34, 36, 48, 50, 54, 56, 68, 69, 70(3) and 84(3) come into force on 6th April 2016 and have effect from that date.
(4) Regulation 13 has effect from 1st April 2008.
(5) Regulation 99(2) and (3) has effect from 1st April 2009.
(6) Regulations 25 and 45 have effect from 1st April 2013.
(7) Regulations 3(d) insofar as it inserts a definition of “shared parental leave”, 11, 18(3)(b) and (5), 21(e) insofar as it inserts a definition of “shared parental leave”, 22, 23, 26, 29, 39(e) insofar as it inserts a definition of “shared parental leave”, 40, 41(3) and (4), 42, 46, 49, 57, 59, 60, 65, 87(4)(a) and (b), 88 and 89(c) insofar as it inserts a definition of “shared parental leave” have effect from 31st December 2014.
(8) Regulations 4, 5, 6, 14, 24, 33, 44, 53, 64, 66, 67, 70(2), 71, 72, 73, 80, 81(2), 84(2), 85, 86, 91 to 96 and 98 have effect from 1st April 2015.
(9) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.