Part APreliminary
Citation, commencement and retrospection
A1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2000 (“the commencement date”) and except as provided in paragraphs (2) to (10) shall have effect from that date.
(2) Part F, except for regulations F7 and F8, regulations G8(3) and G9 shall have effect as from 6th April 1988.
(3) Regulation B2(1) shall have effect as from 1st October 1989.
(4) Regulation B9(2) shall have effect as from 1st April 1990.
(5) Regulation D16(5) shall have effect as from 17th May 1990.
(6) Paragraphs 1(1)(c) and (d) of Schedule D3 shall have effect as from 1st November 1991.
(7) Regulation C6 shall have effect as from 1st January 1993.
(8) Paragraphs 15 and 16 of Schedule C3 shall have effect as from 1st April 1993.
(9) Regulations C12, D7, D9, D11(2)(e), D16(3), E1, H1(2)(h) and H6 shall have effect as from 2nd May 1995.
(10) Regulation K17 shall have effect as from 9th April 1997.
Interpretation
A2.—(1) In these regulations the expressions defined in Schedule A1 have the meanings given to them by that Schedule.
(2) In these regulations, any reference to a Part of these regulations includes a reference to any Schedules to these regulations referred to in that Part, in so far as they apply for its purposes.
(3) So far as is necessary for the purpose of regulation A1(2) to (10) the regulations shall be deemed to have effect from and including 6th April 1988.