SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Scheme employers

PART 3

1

The following bodies are admission bodies with whom an administering authority may make an admission agreement—

a

a body which provides a public service in the United Kingdom which operates otherwise than for the purposes of gain and has sufficient links with a Scheme employer for the body and the Scheme employer to be regarded as having a community of interest (whether because the operations of the body are dependent on the operations of the Scheme employer or otherwise);

b

a body, to the funds of which a Scheme employer contributes;

c

a body representative of—

i

any Scheme employers, or

ii

local authorities or officers of local authorities;

d

a body that is providing or will provide a service or assets in connection with the exercise of a function of a Scheme employer as a result of—

i

the transfer of the service or assets by means of a contract or other arrangement,

ii

a direction made under section 15 of the Local Government Act 1999 M1 (Secretary of State's powers),

iii

directions made under section 497A of the Education Act 1996 M2;

e

a body which provides a public service in the United Kingdom and is approved in writing by the Secretary of State for the purpose of admission to the Scheme.