The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997

Payments between funds and authorities

Changes of fund

125.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a pension fund becomes an active member's appropriate fund,

(b) immediately before it does so, another fund was his appropriate fund,

(c) in a case where regulation 32(1) applies to him, he has made an election under that regulation.

(2) Where the member's appropriate administering authority has also changed, the authority which has ceased to be the member's appropriate administering authority must make such payment to his later appropriate administering authority as is indicated in guidance issued by the Government Actuary for this regulation (but see paragraph (3)).

(3) Where—

(a) paragraph (2) applies as respects two or more members by virtue of a single event, and

(b) the authority by which the payment under that paragraph must be made agree with the authority to which it must be made that it is appropriate for the amount of the payment to be determined by actuaries appointed by those authorities for the purpose,

that amount must be so determined.

(4) Any payment under paragraph (2) must be credited to the new appropriate administering authority’s fund.

(5) Where the member's appropriate administering authority has not changed, they must arrange for a payment such as is indicated in guidance issued by the Government Actuary for this regulation to be made from the member's former appropriate fund to his new appropriate fund.

(6) Paragraph (1) does not apply where a member enters an employment which is concurrent with another in which he is also an active member.

Liability for combined benefits

126.—(1) Where—

(a) a benefit under regulation 29 or 48 of these Regulations or Part II or Part IV of Schedule D5 to the 1995 regulations is payable out of a pension fund (“the new fund”), and

(b) by reason of that benefit being payable another benefit ceases to be payable out of another fund,

such payments must be made to the authority maintaining the new fund by the authority maintaining the other fund as are indicated in guidance issued by the Secretary of State for this regulation.

(2) Such payments must be credited to the new fund.