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Citation, commencement, effect, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st March 2003 but–

(a)regulations 3(b) and (c) and 14 to 21 shall have effect from 1st April 2001;

(b)regulations 5(b)and (c), 7 to 10, 11(2) and (3), and 12 shall have effect from 5th April 2002; and

(c)regulations 5(a), 6 and 11(1) shall have effect from 25th April 2000.

(2) In these Regulations–

“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1);

“the 1995 Regulations” means the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1995(2).

(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

(2)

S.I. 1995/365, amended by S.I. 1997/1434, 1997/1916, 1998/1593 and 1999/443, and S.S.I. 2001/437 and 2001/465.