(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2003.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st October 2003, but regulation 2 shall have effect from 8th December 2002.
(3) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 .
(4) These Regulations extend only to England and Wales .