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The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018

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The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Section 25 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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Retirement pension accounts: active membersS

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25.—(1) When an active member becomes entitled to immediate payment of a full retirement pension in relation to an employment—

(a)the active member's pension account must be closed; and

(b)a retirement pension account must be opened.

(2) The retirement pension account must specify—

(a)the amount of accrued pension;

(b)the amount of any additional pension (if any) purchased under regulation 17(6)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(c)the early payment reduction or deferred payment enhancement (if any) and the amount of pension to which that reduction or enhancement is to be applied;

(d)the commutation amount (if any);

(e)the amount of any pension adjustment; and

(f)the amount of pension payable from time to time and the date from which it is to be paid.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the amount of accrued pension for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) is the amount that would have been specified under regulation 24(4) [F1and, where applicable, regulation 24(4A)] (deferred member's pension account) if a deferred member's pension account had been opened for that member.

(4) The amount of accrued pension specified in paragraph (2)(a) must be reduced to take account of the commutation amount.

[F2(4A) If a member’s last day of active membership falls in the period beginning with 1 April and ending with 5 April in any Scheme year, on the revaluation date falling within that member’s last active Scheme year the revaluation adjustment must be applied to the opening balance for the member’s last active Scheme year and takes effect from the date the member became entitled to immediate payment, in accordance with guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers.]

(5) The amount of any pension adjustment not already accounted for under paragraph (2)(a) is, for the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) the amount calculated in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers to account for any tax to which the administering authority may become chargeable under the Finance Act 2004 in accordance with regulation 82 (tax) or as a result of a pension sharing order.

(6) The balance in the member's account at the end of the Scheme year in which the member becomes a pensioner member is adjusted [F3on the revaluation date in] the following Scheme year by the revaluation adjustment applicable to the Scheme year in which the member became a pensioner member [F4and takes effect from the start of the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member became a pensioner member] in accordance with guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers.

(7) The F5... balance calculated under paragraph [F6(2), including any adjustment made in accordance with paragraph (4A),] is the opening balance for the following Scheme year and, [F7having applied the revaluation adjustment to the balance in accordance with paragraph (6),] thereafter, the balance is adjusted each year by the index rate adjustment from the date that an increase would apply if that balance were a pension in payment to which the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 applied.

[F8(7A) Where an index rate adjustment is due to be made on a revaluation date, any such adjustment must be made after the revaluation adjustment is made.]

(8) For the purposes of this regulation a full retirement pension means a retirement pension other than a pension payable under regulation [F929(7)] (flexible retirement pensions).

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