UK Statutory Instrument SI 1997/1612 United Kingdom

The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997

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TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

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s.008 Leaving the Scheme Regulated
  • Notify employer in writing if leaving the pension schemeAny Person
s.013 Meaning of “pay” Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify employees of pay determination agreements in writingLocal authority
s.077 Actuarial valuations and certificates Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Obtain actuarial valuations and certificates for pension funds every three yearsLocal authority
s.083 Discontinuance of additional contributions Regulated
  • Notify your employer and pension authority if you stop paying additional contributionsEmployee
s.097 First instance decisions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must decide LGPS pension questions promptlyLocal authority
s.106 Statements of policy concerning exercise of discretionary functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities and scheme employers must publish policy on pension discretionary functionsLocal authority
s.108 Exchange of information by authorities Regulated
  • Report all pension decisions and other required information to the administering authorityEmployer
141 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.001 (1) The appropriate fund for a member is the fund... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 (1) A Welsh member is a member whose appropriate fund... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Application to Isles of Scilly
s.003 A Part II member is a member falling within column... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 General eligibility for membership: employees of Scheme employers etc.
s.005 Agreements to enable employees of non-Scheme employers to be members(“admission agreements”)
s.006 Further restrictions on eligibility
s.007 Joining the Scheme
s.009 Periods of membership: “total membership”
s.010 Excluded membership
s.011 Length of period of membership: calculation of benefit
s.012 Members’ contributions
s.014 Members with lower rate rights
s.015 Employer’s discretion to reduce member's contribution rate
s.016 Inland Revenue limits on contributions
s.017 Obligatory contributions during absences
s.018 Optional contributions during absences
s.019 General qualification for benefits
s.020 Calculations
s.021 Final pay
s.022 Other final pay periods
s.023 Permanent reductions in pay: certificates of protection of pension benefits
s.024 Revenue limits
s.025 Normal retirement
s.026 Redundancy etc.
s.027 Ill-health
s.028 Amounts of ill-health pension and grant
s.029 Re-employed pensioners
s.030 Further provisions about elections under regulation 29
s.031 Other early leavers: deferred retirement benefits and elections for early payment
s.032 Re-employed and rejoining deferred members
s.033 Surrenders of pension
s.034 No double entitlement
s.035 Requirements as to time of payment
s.036 Guaranteed minimum pensions etc.
s.037 Revaluation of guaranteed minimum
s.038 Death grants
s.039 Reduction of death grants: re-employed pensioners
s.040 Surviving spouse’s short-term pension
s.041 Surviving spouse’s long-term pension
s.042 Reduction of some surviving spouses’ pensions
s.043 Surviving spouse’s guaranteed minimum pension
s.044 Meaning of “eligible child”
s.045 Children’s short-term pensions
s.046 Children’s long-term pensions
s.047 Discretions as to payment of children’s pensions
s.048 Dependants of re-employed pensioners
s.049 Commutation: small pensions
s.050 Commutation: exceptional ill-health
s.051 Scope of Part III: limits on benefits
s.052 Power of employing authority to increase total membership of members leaving employment at or after 50
s.053 Power of employing authority to increase total membership of new members
s.054 Effect of increases under this Chapter for older members
s.055 Payments to increase total membership
s.056 Part-time employees
s.057 Effect of increases under this Chapter for older members
s.058 Election for pension in lieu of retirement grant
s.059 Election for lump sum in lieu of pension
s.060 Elections to pay AVCs
s.061 Payment of AVCs
s.062 Functions of employing and administering authorities
s.063 Death benefits
s.064 Retirement benefits
s.065 Changes of employment in which membership is continued
s.066 Elections as to use of accumulated value of AVCs
s.067 Establishment of shared cost AVC schemes (SCAVCs)
s.068 Applications to pay SCAVCs
s.069 Functions of employing and administering authorities
s.070 Application and investment of SCAVCs
s.071 Changes of employment in which membership is continued
s.072 Termination
s.073 The pension funds
s.074 Appropriate funds
s.075 Admission agreement funds
s.076 Accounts and audit
s.078 Special circumstances where revised actuarial valuations and certificates must be obtained
s.079 Employer’s contributions
s.080 Employer’s further payments
s.081 Payments by employing authorities to appropriate administering authorities
s.082 Interest
s.084 Separate treatment of AVCs and SCAVCs from other contributions
s.085 Over-provision: calculation and return of surplus AVC and SCAVC funds
s.086 Cost of calculations for transfer of AVCs or SCAVCs into the Scheme where no transfer is requested
s.087 Rights to return of contributions
s.088 Exclusion of rights to return of contributions
s.089 Deduction and recovery of member's contributions
s.090 Pension increases and cash equivalents under the Pension Schemes Act 1993
s.091 Pension increases under the Pensions (Increase) Acts
s.092 Contributions equivalent premiums
s.093 Commencement of pensions
s.094 Interest on late payment of certain benefits
s.095 Payments due in respect of deceased persons
s.096 Non-assignability
s.098 Notification of decisions under regulation 97
s.099 Appointment of persons to resolve disputes
s.100 Right to apply for an appointed person to decide a disagreement
s.101 Notice of decisions by appointed persons under regulation 100
s.102 Reference of disagreement to the Secretary of State
s.103 Notice of decisions by the Secretary of State under regulation 102
s.104 Rights of representation
s.105 Appeals by administering authorities
s.107 Information to be supplied by employees
s.109 Statements of policy concerning abatement of retirement pensions in new employment
s.110 Application of abatement policy in individual cases
s.111 Forfeiture of pension rights after conviction of employment-related offences
s.112 Interim payments directions
s.113 Recovery or retention where former member has misconduct obligation
s.114 Protection of GMP rights
s.115 Transfer of sums from the pension fund to compensate for former member's misconduct
s.116 Application of Chapter IV of Part IV of the Pension Schemes Act 1993
s.117 Rights to payment out of fund authority’s pension fund
s.118 Contracting-out requirements affecting transfers out
s.119 Bulk transfers (transfers of undertakings) etc.
s.120 Calculation of amount of transfer payment under regulation 119
s.121 Inward transfers of pension rights
s.122 Right to count credited period
s.123 Rights as to service not matched by credited period
s.124 Community scheme transferees
s.125 Changes of fund
s.126 Liability for combined benefits
s.127 Eligibility for active membership: employees etc. of non-Scheme employers
s.128 Supplementary provisions about employees within regulation 127
s.129 Miscellaneous transport employees
s.130 Miscellaneous airport employees
s.131 Further cases of eligibility: non-employees
s.132 Separate employments etc.
s.133 Members employed by magistrates’ courts committees
s.134 Certain employees of the committee of magistrates for the inner London area
s.135 Coroners
s.136 Employees of probation committees
s.137 Certain City of London employees and former contributors
s.138 Transfers under the Local Government Act 1992 etc.
s.139 Local government reorganisation
s.140 Former employees of Manchester Corporation
s.141 Transferees under s.18(4)(a) of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
s.142 Deduction for teachers’ pension payments
s.143 Conversion of periods credited under Discretionary Payments Regulations etc. into membership
s.144 The Environment Agency Closed Fund
s.145 Rights under section 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972
Schedules

Schedules

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17 other schedules
s.sch004 (1) In these Regulations— “Class A member” is a member...
s.sch004 Where by virtue of the Taxes Act or any later...
s.sch004 (1) This paragraph sets out limits on benefits in respect...
s.sch004 Paragraphs 4 to 6 set out limits on benefits in...
s.sch004 (1) The aggregate pension payable on retirement at or before...
s.sch004 (1) The aggregate benefit payable by way of lump sum...
s.sch004 (1) The total membership taken into account under paragraphs 4(1),...
s.sch004 (1) If adding the additional contributions payable by a Class...
s.sch004 (1) The maximum addition under regulation 53 or 55 is—...
s.sch004 (1) This paragraph applies to any member who is a...
s.sch006 For any member who is an existing contributor (as defined...
s.sch006 (1) For any member who is an existing contributor or...
s.sch006 (1) In regulation 20(2) for “80” substitute “60”.
s.sch006 (1) In regulation 20 for paragraph (2) substitute—
s.sch006 (1) In regulations 25(1), 26(1) and 31(3) omit the words...
s.sch006 (1) For any active member who— (a) immediately before 1st...
s.sch006 (1) This paragraph applies to a person—

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