Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2009
United Kingdom
Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
At a glance
What's here
5 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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A right for the Committee to terminate the agreement in...
A requirement that the admission agreement in its final form...
In relation to a transferee admission body under regulation 5(2)(a)...
If required by regulation 6(4) , a reference to the...
If required by regulation 6(5), a reference to the guarantee...
A provision requiring the ... admission body to adopt the...
An undertaking from the ... admission body to the Committee...
A representation and warranty from the transferee admission body to...
An undertaking from the ... admission body that it will...
A requirement that the ... admission body notifies the Committee...
A requirement that a ... admission body—
A provision— (a) for automatic termination of the admission agreement,...
The Committee appointed by the Minister shall consist of—
The Committee, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual...
The Committee may appoint a sub-committee or an officer employed...
The number of members of a sub-committee appointed under paragraph...
A sub-committee appointed under paragraph 11 shall consist of members...
A sub-committee or an officer appointed under paragraph 11 shall...
The Committee may revoke any appointment made under paragraph 11...
Any arrangements made by the Committee for the discharge of...
The seal of the Committee shall be authenticated by the...
Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the...
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Benefits Regulations...
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph...
The Committee may with the approval of the Department appoint...
In addition to the appointments mentioned in paragraph 20 ,...
(1) The Committee may make arrangements with any employing authority,...
Section 18(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall...
The expenses of the Committee, including payments in respect of...
The Committee may, with the approval of the Department, in...
(1) The Committee may, with the approval of the Department,...
A claim for an allowance shall be submitted to the...
In this Part, “approved duty” means attendance at a meeting...
The quorum of the Committee shall be 6, or such...
The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its numbers...
A casual vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee...
A member of the Committee may resign his membership by...
Where any member of the Committee is absent from the...
A member of the Committee on vacating his office at...
No defect in the appointment of any person acting as...
Regulation 12(1) (re-employed and rejoining deferred members) shall only apply...
Delete regulation 13 (concurrent employments).
Delete regulation 21(3) (additional voluntary contributions and shared cost additional...
In regulations 21 to 23 delete “and SCAVCs” and “or...
In regulation 22(1)(a)(ii) (use of accumulated value of AVCs and...
In regulation 41 (rights to return of contributions) delete paragraphs...
Delete regulations 77 to 81 (bulk transfers (transfers of undertaking),...
Employees of transferee admission bodies
- Transferee admission bodies must undertake to meet LGPS requirements for employee admission
Admission agreements – further provisions
- You must carry out a risk assessment and get an indemnity or bond for your pension admission agreement
Ending of membership
- Notify employer in writing if you wish to leave the pension scheme
Admission agreement funds
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notify the Department and manage actuarial transfers for admission agreement funds Local authority
Actuarial valuations and certificates
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Pension committee must obtain triennial actuarial valuations and certificates Local authority
Browse 100 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
General eligibility for membership
Eligibility of councillors
Employees of community admission bodies
Separate employments, etc.
Further restrictions on eligibility
Joining the Scheme
Periods of membership
Re-employed and rejoining deferred members
Concurrent employments
Contributions during child-related leave
Contributions during reserve forces service leave
Contributions during trade dispute absence
Contributions during absences with permission
Applications to make absence contributions
Payment of additional regular contributions (ARCs)
Discontinuance of ARCs
Payment of additional contributions: survivor benefits (ASBCs)
Discontinuance of ASBCs
Additional voluntary contributions and shared cost additional voluntary contributions
Use of accumulated value of AVCs and SCAVCs
Separate treatment of AVCs and SCAVCs from other contributions
Cost of calculations of additional pension where no notification given under regulation 22(4)
Administration and management
The fund
Governance policy statement
Accounts and audit
Funding strategy statement
Supply of copies of valuations, certificates, etc.
Special circumstances where revised actuarial valuations and certificates must be obtained
Apportionment of liabilities
Contributing body’s contributions
Employer’s payment following resolution to increase membership or award additional pension
Employer’s further payments
Payments by employing authorities to the Committee
Additional costs arising from employing authority’s level of performance
Interest
Deduction and recovery of a member’s contributions
Rights to return of contributions
Exclusion of rights to return of contributions
Pension increases under the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993
Contributions equivalent premiums
Commencement of pensions
Guaranteed minimum pensions
Survivor benefits: guaranteed minimum pension
Joint liability in respect of annual allowance charge
Interest on late payment of certain benefits
Payments due in respect of deceased persons
Payments for persons incapable of managing their affairs
Non-assignability
Interpretation of Part
First instance decisions – general
First instance determinations: ill-health
Notification of first instance decisions
Appointment of persons to resolve disputes
Right to apply for an appointed person to review a decision
Notice of decisions by the appointed person under regulation 54
Reference of disagreement to the Committee
Notice of decisions by the Committee under regulation 56
Rights of representation
Referral of decisions under regulation 50(1) to the county court
Exchange of information by authorities
Pension administration strategy
Exercise of discretionary functions: policy statements
Communication policy statements
Annual benefit statements
Pension savings statements
Information to be supplied by employees
Statements of policy concerning abatement of retirement pensions in new employment
Application of abatement policy in individual cases
Forfeiture of pension rights after conviction of employment-related offences
Interim payments directions
Recovery or retention where former member has misconduct obligation
Protection of guaranteed minimum pension rights
Revaluation of guaranteed minimum
Transfer of sums from the fund to compensate for former member’s misconduct
Interpretation of Part
Application of Chapter 4, etc.
Rights to payment out of the fund
Contracting-out requirements affecting transfers out
Bulk transfers (transfer of undertakings), etc.
Calculation of amount of transfer payment under regulation 77
Inward transfers of pension rights
Right to count credited period
Community scheme transferees
Pension debit member
Interpretation
Discharge of liability for pension credit rights
Aggregation
Death of a person entitled to a pension credit before discharge
Safeguarded rights
Valuation date
Application of the Regulations to pension credit members
Calculation
Payment of benefits
Death grants: pension credit members
Commutation: small pensions
Transfers out
Transfers in
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