The Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986

Persons to whom Part L applies

L2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), this Part applies to a person employed in a relevant employment if he—

(a) sustains an injury, or

(b) contracts a disease,

as a result of anything he was required to do in carrying out his work.

(2) Relevant employment is employment, otherwise than as a teacher—

(a) with a body listed in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 2 or (with the exception of passenger transport executives) in Part II of that Schedule or the predecessor of such a body, or

(b) in which the person is by virtue of section 15 of the Act of 1953 or regulation B4 or J8 of the 1974 regulations or regulation B3 of these regulations (which relate to admission agreements) entitled to participate in the benefits of a superannuation fund maintained under the former regulations or these regulations,

and for the purposes of this Part a police cadet appointed under section 17 of the Police Act 1964(1) shall be deemed to be in employment with the police authority who maintain the police force with which he is undergoing training.

(3) A person is to be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as having sustained an injury as mentioned in that paragraph if—

(a) he sustains the injury while travelling as a passenger by a vehicle with the express or implied permission of his employer to or from his place of work, and

(b) at the time of the injury the vehicle was being operated, otherwise than in the course of a public transport service, by or on behalf of his employer or pursuant to arrangements made by his employer.

(4) This Part does not apply where the injury or disease is one in respect of which the person is entitled to an injury award under a scheme made in accordance with section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947(2) or is entitled to injury benefits under regulations made in accordance with section 35 of the Police Act 1964.

(1)

1964 c.48.

(2)

1947 c.41.