The Local Government Pension Scheme (Crown Prosecution Service) (Transfer of Pension Rights) Regulations 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Crown Prosecution Service) (Transfer of Pension Rights) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 17th September 1996.

(2) In these Regulations

• “the Crown Prosecution Service” has the same meaning as in the Prosecution of Offenders Act 1985(1);

• “the PCSPS” means the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2(10) of the Superannuation Act 1972;

• “the 1986 Regulations” means the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986(2);

• “the 1995 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1995(3);

• “transfer date” has the meaning given by regulation 2(b) below.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any expression which is also used in the 1986 Regulations or the 1995 Regulations has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

(1)

1985 c. 23.

(2)

S.I. 1986/24; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/2471.

(3)

S.I. 1995/1019, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.