1. The following bodies are admission bodies with whom an administering authority may make an admission agreement—E+W
(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.
Marginal Citations
M11999 c. 27; section 15 has been amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009.
M21996 c. 56. Section 497A was inserted by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) and has been amended by S.I. 2010/1158; the Education Act 2002 (c. 32); and the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22).