1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on the 1st April 2015.
2.—(1) A scheme is established for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of—
(a)health service workers mentioned in regulation 18(1); and
(b)such other persons mentioned in regulation 18(2).
(2) This scheme is to be known as the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme 2015.