1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

2.-(1) Schedule 1 contains Schedule 1 (Interpretation) and Schedule 1A (Interpretation for pension sharing on divorce) contain (SI2000/3025) definitions of expressions used in these Regulations which apply for their interpretation unless the context indicates that they have a different meaning.

(2) Unless that is so, references to members and membership generally refer to active members and active membership respectively.

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(3) The definitions of "AVC insurance company" and "Reference banks" in Schedule 1 must be read with -

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b) any relevant order under that section; and

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

3. These Regulations apply to the Isles of Scilly as if they were a district in the county of Cornwall and the council of the Isles of Scilly were a council of that district.