13Regulations

13 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , regulations under that subsection may be made for or with respect to –

(a) prescribing the conditions and requirements to be fulfilled before a person may become a contributor under Schedule 1 ;

(b) providing for the making of supplementary contributions under Schedule 1 and prescribing the circumstances in which such contributions are required to be made; and

(c) providing for the transfer to the Judges Pension Fund of contributions that may have been made under a superannuation scheme by a person appointed to be Solicitor-General under this Act.

(3)  Where any regulation under this section imposes any new or additional liability or obligation on a person appointed to the office of Solicitor-General, that regulation shall not apply to or in relation to any person appointed to that office before the date on which the regulation was made or the date on which the regulation took effect, whichever date is the later.

(4)  [Section 13 Subsection (4) amended by No. 5 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:09 Jun 2004] For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) ,

superannuation scheme has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 12 (5) .