The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016, S.I. 2016/946, made 21 September 2016, coming into force 1 November 2016, make provision, by Regulations 2 & 3, that restrictions imposed by the Regulations bind authorities which have the General Power of Competence (under Section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 or Section 5A (1) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004) in the exercise of that power.