1.—(1) Regulations may establish schemes for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of persons specified in subsection (2).
(2) Those persons are—
(a)civil servants;
(b)holders of judicial office;
(c)local government workers;
(d)teachers;
(e)health service workers;
(f)fire and rescue workers;
(g)members of the police service.
(3) These terms are defined in Schedule 1.
(4) In this Act, regulations under this section are called “scheme regulations”.