Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Extent, commencement and short title
Section 3 sets out the extent of the Act, and makes provision for the coming into force of the Act.
	Subsection (1) provides that section 1 of the Act extends to England, Wales and Scotland only.
	Subsection (2) provides that section 2 of the Act extends to Northern Ireland only.
	Subsection (4) provides that section 3 of the Act comes into force on Royal Assent, together with the provisions in sections 1 and 2 in as far as they make provision for the purposes of making regulations under the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.
	Subsection (5) provides a power for the Secretary of State to appoint in regulations the commencement date or dates of section 1 for all other purposes.
	Subsection (6) provides a power for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to appoint by order the commencement date or dates of section 2 for all other purposes.
	Subsection (7) provides a power for the Secretary of State to prescribe in regulations any savings or transitional provisions in connection with the coming into force of section 1, for example to provide for schemes which are in the process of carrying out a GMP conversion exercise when section 1 comes into effect.
	Subsection (8) provides a power for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to appoint by order any savings or transitional provisions in connection with the coming into force of section 2, for example to provide for schemes which are in the process of carrying out a GMP conversion exercise when section 2 comes into effect.
	Subsection (11) states that the Act may be cited as the Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Act 2022.