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The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

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72.—(1) Any question concerning the rights or liabilities under the Scheme of any person other than a Scheme employer must be decided in the first instance by the person specified in this regulation.

(2) In these Regulations, reference to the Scheme employer or appropriate administering authority of a prospective member is a reference to the body that would be that prospective member's Scheme employer or appropriate administering authority if that person were to become an active member in the employment by virtue of which eligibility to join the Scheme would be established.

(3) The appropriate administering authority must decide any question concerning—

(a)a person's previous service or employment;

(b)the crediting of additional pension under regulation 16 (additional pension); and

(c)the amount of any benefit, or return of contributions, a person is or may become entitled to out of a pension fund.

(4) A person's Scheme employer must decide any question concerning any other matter relating to the person's rights or liabilities under the Scheme.

(5) A decision under this regulation must be made as soon as is reasonably practicable.

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