Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Pension Fund Merger) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 3rd June 2020 but have effect from 1st April 2020.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 2013 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013(1);
“the Earlier Regulations” has the meaning given by regulation 1(6) of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014(2);
“the merger date” means 1st April 2020;
“Northumberland” means Northumberland County Council;
“South Tyneside” means the Council of the Borough of South Tyneside; and
other expressions have the same meaning as in the 2013 Regulations.