Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England and Wales(1).
(3) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st October 2006, but—
(a)the amendment made by regulation 16 has effect from 29th March 2006;
(b)the amendment made by regulation 5 has effect from 1st April 2006; and
(c)the amendments made by regulations 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17 and 18 have effect from 6th April 2006.
(4) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997(2).
The Secretary of State’s functions under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750).