Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 200712

In regulation 30 (choice of early payment of pension)13—

a

for paragraph (2) substitute—

2

A choice made by a member aged less than 60 is ineffective without the consent of the member’s—

a

employing authority;

b

former employing authority where the member has no current employing authority; or

c

appropriate administering authority where the member has no current employing authority and the member’s former employing authority has ceased to be a Scheme employer.

b

in paragraph (5), for “A member’s employing authority” substitute “A member’s employing authority, former employing authority or, where any such authority has ceased to be a Scheme employer, the appropriate administering authority, as the case may be,”.