Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016.

(2) This regulation and regulation 6(2) come into force 21 days after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(3) Regulation 6(1) and (3) comes into force on 6th April 2016.

(4) The remainder of these Regulations come into force on 6th April 2016, immediately after the State Pension Regulations 2015(1).

(5) These Regulations, except regulation 6, do not apply to a person who reaches pensionable age (within the meaning in section 22(1) of the Pensions Act 2014 (general definitions etc)) before 6th April 2016.