Regulation 53
SCHEDULE 3E+WPension funds
PART 1E+W
1. The following bodies are required to maintain a pension fund and are administering authorities for the purposes of these Regulations—E+W
(a)a county council in England;
(b)a London borough council;
(c)the Corporation of London;
(d)Bath and North East Somerset Council;
(e)Bedford Borough Council;
(f)City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council;
(g)Cheshire West and Chester Council;
(h)East Riding of Yorkshire Council;
(i)Middlesborough Borough Council;
(j)South Tyneside Council;
(k)Tameside Borough Council;
(l)Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council;
(m)Wirral Borough Council;
(n)Wolverhampton City Council;
(o)the South Yorkshire Pension Authority;
(p)the Environment Agency;
(q)the London Pensions Fund Authority;
(r)Flintshire County Council;
(s)Carmarthenshire County Council;
(t)Cardiff Council;
(u)City and County of Swansea;
(v)Gwynedd Council;
(w)Powys County Council;
(x)Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council;
(y)Torfaen County Borough Council.
[F1(z)the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(z) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/863), arts. 1, 15(3)
PART 2E+W
1. Subject to paragraph 3, the appropriate administering authority for a member of the Scheme is the authority specified in column 2 of the following table for a person of that description.E+W
2. The appropriate administering authority for a former member of the Scheme, or a person entitled to any benefit in respect of a person who is or has been a member of the Scheme, is the same authority as would be the appropriate administering authority for the member in question if that member were still an active member.E+W
3. The Secretary of State may, on application by a Scheme employer, by a written direction substitute a different administering authority as the appropriate administering authority for a person or class of person.E+W
4. A direction under paragraph 3—E+W
(a)may only be given after the Secretary of State has consulted any bodies appearing to be affected by a proposed direction, and
(b)may include provision as to the making of adjustments between funds, the transfer of assets and liabilities, and any other consequential or incidental matters.
Member | Appropriate administering authority |
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An employee of an administering authority. | That administering authority. |
Except where a Scheme employer is listed elsewhere in this table, an employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 1 to 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, or paragraph 2, 4 or 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, which is situated wholly or mainly within the local government area of an administering authority. | That administering authority. |
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 2. An employee of the Greater London Authority. An employee of the Commission for Local Administration in England. An employee of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. An employee of the Valuation Tribunal Service employed in the London headquarters. An employee of a proprietor of an Academy where immediately before the school achieved Academy status, the appropriate administering authority in relation to that school was the London Pensions Fund Authority. | The London Pensions Fund Authority. |
An employee of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London. | The Corporation of London |
Except where an employee falls within the category of employee for whom this table provides that the London Pensions Fund Authority is the appropriate administering authority, an employee of a proprietor of an Academy. | The administering authority within whose local government area the relevant Academy is located. |
An employee of a passenger transport executive. | The same administering authority as is the appropriate administering authority for the integrated transport authority to which the passenger transport authority is accountable. |
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 5 or 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2. | The same administering authority, or administering authorities, as is the appropriate administering authority or are the administering authorities for the local authority or authorities, or body or bodies to which the Scheme employer is connected or which it is under the control of. |
An employee of the Broads Authority | Norfolk County Council |
An employee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly. | Cornwall Council. |
An employee of an admission body eligible for membership of the Scheme. | The administering authority with which the employer has made the admission agreement. |
An employee of the Natural Resources Body for Wales eligible for membership of the Scheme. | The Environment Agency. |
An employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
An employee of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; | Cardiff County Council. |
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Thames Valley area. | Windsor and Maidenhead Council. |
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the South Wales area. | Rhondda Cynon, Taf County Borough Council. |
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Dyfed Powys area. | Carmarthenshire Council. |
[F2An employee of the Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority established by the Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014.] | [F3South Tyneside Council.] |
[F4A person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).] | [F5Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.] |
[F4A person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.] | [F5Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.] |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 inserted (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 18(3)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 18(3)(b)
F4Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(a)
F5Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(b)