The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

Regulation 53

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Pension funds

PART 1 E+W

1.  The following bodies are required to maintain a pension fund and are administering authorities for the purposes of these Regulations— E+W

(a) a county council in England;

(b) a London borough council;

(c) the Corporation of London;

(d) Bath and North East Somerset Council;

(e) Bedford Borough Council;

(f) City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council;

(g) Cheshire West and Chester [F1 Borough] Council;

(h) East Riding of Yorkshire Council;

(i) Middlesborough Borough Council;

(j) South Tyneside [F2 Borough] Council;

(k) Tameside [F3 Metropolitan] Borough Council;

(l) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council;

(m) Wirral [F4 Metropolitan] Borough Council;

(n) Wolverhampton City Council;

(o) the South Yorkshire Pension Authority;

(p) the Environment Agency;

(q) the London Pensions Fund Authority;

(r) Flintshire County Council;

(s) Carmarthenshire County Council;

[F5 (t) County Council of the City and County of Cardiff];

(u) City and County of Swansea [F6 Council];

(v) Gwynedd Council;

(w) Powys County Council;

(x) Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council;

(y) Torfaen County Borough Council;

(z) [F7 West Midlands Combined Authority].

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(g) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(a)

F2 Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(j) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(b)

F3 Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(k) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(c)

F4 Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(m) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(d)

F5 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(t) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(e)

F6 Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(u) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 31(f)

F7 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(z) substituted (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), arts. 1(2), 15(2)

PART 2 E+W

1.  Subject to paragraph 3, the appropriate administering authority for a member of the Scheme is the authority specified in column 2 of the following table for a person of that description. E+W

2.  The appropriate administering authority for a former member of the Scheme, or a person entitled to any benefit in respect of a person who is or has been a member of the Scheme, is the same authority as would be the appropriate administering authority for the member in question if that member were still an active member. E+W

3.  The Secretary of State may, on application by a Scheme employer, by a written direction substitute a different administering authority as the appropriate administering authority for a person or class of person. E+W

4.  A direction under paragraph 3— E+W

(a) may only be given after the Secretary of State has consulted any bodies appearing to be affected by a proposed direction, and

(b) may include provision as to the making of adjustments between funds, the transfer of assets and liabilities, and any other consequential or incidental matters.

Member	Appropriate administering authority
An employee of an administering authority.	That administering authority.
Except where a Scheme employer is listed elsewhere in this table, an employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 1 to 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, or paragraph 2, 4 or 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, which is situated wholly or mainly within the local government area [F8 of a local authority].	[F9 Where that local authority is an administering authority, that administering authority and where that local authority is not an administering authority, the administering authority which is the appropriate administering authority for that local authority.]
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 2. An employee of the Greater London Authority. An employee of the Commission for Local Administration in England. An employee of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. An employee of the Valuation Tribunal Service employed in the London headquarters. An employee of a proprietor of an Academy where immediately before the school achieved Academy status, the appropriate administering authority in relation to that school was the London Pensions Fund Authority.	The London Pensions Fund Authority.
An employee of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London.	The Corporation of London
Except where an employee falls within the category of employee for whom this table provides that the London Pensions Fund Authority is the appropriate administering authority, an employee of a proprietor of an Academy.	[F10 Where the local authority within whose local government area the relevant workplace is located is an administering authority, that administering authority and where the local authority within whose local government area the relevant workplace is located is not an administering authority, the administering authority which is the appropriate administering authority for that local authority.]
An employee of a passenger transport executive.	The same administering authority as is the appropriate administering authority for the integrated transport authority to which the [F11 passenger transport executive] is accountable.
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 5 or 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.	The same administering authority, or administering authorities, as is the appropriate administering authority or are the administering authorities for the local authority or authorities, or body or bodies to which the Scheme employer is connected or which it is under the control of.
An employee of the Broads Authority	Norfolk County Council
An employee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly.	Cornwall Council.
An employee of an admission body eligible for membership of the Scheme.	The administering authority with which the employer has made the admission agreement.
An employee of the Natural Resources Body for Wales eligible for membership of the Scheme.	The Environment Agency.
An employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
An employee of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;	Cardiff County Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Thames Valley area.	Windsor and Maidenhead Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the South Wales area.	Rhondda Cynon, Taf County Borough Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Dyfed Powys area.	Carmarthenshire Council.
[F12 An employee of the Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority established by the Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014.]	[F13 South Tyneside Council.]
[F14 A person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).]	[F15 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F14 A person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.]	[F15 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F16 An employee of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.]	[F16 South Yorkshire Pension Authority]
[F16 An employee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014]	[F16 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[F16 An employee of the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority established by the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014]	[F16 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011]	[F16 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Manchester City Council Salford City Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F16 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Blackpool Council]	[F16 Lancashire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Sefton Council Liverpool City Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F16 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of City of York Council]	[F16 North Yorkshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Sheffield Metropolitan District Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F16 South Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Leeds City Council Calderdale Council Kirklees Council City of Wakefield City Council]	[F16 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Kingston Upon Hull City Council North Lincolnshire Council North East Lincolnshire Borough Council]	[F16 East Riding of Yorkshire Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Council of the Borough of North Tyneside Newcastle City Council Sunderland City Council Gateshead Council]	[F16 The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside]
[F16 An employee of Darlington Borough Council]	[F16 Durham County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Hartlepool Borough Council Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council]	[F16 Middlesbrough Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Cheshire East Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Borough Council]	[F16 Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of Stoke-on-Trent City Council]	[F16 Staffordshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Birmingham City Council Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Coventry City Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F16 Wolverhampton City Council]
[F16 An employee of Telford and Wrekin Council]	[F16 Shropshire Council]
[F16 An employee of County of Herefordshire District Council]	[F16 Worcestershire County Council]
[F16 An employee of Derby City Council]	[F16 Derbyshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities Leicester City Council Rutland County Council District Council]	[F16 Leicestershire County Council]
[F16 An employee of Nottingham City Council]	[F16 Nottinghamshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Central Bedfordshire Council Luton Borough Council]	[F16 Bedford Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of Peterborough City Council]	[F16 Cambridgeshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: West Berkshire District Council Reading Borough Council Wokingham District Council Slough Borough Council Bracknell Forest Borough Council]	[F16 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Thurrock Council]	[F16 Essex County Council]
[F16 Brighton & Hove City Council]	[F16 East Sussex County Council]
[F16 An employee of Medway Council]	[F16 Kent County Council]
[F16 An employee of Milton Keynes Council]	[F16 Buckinghamshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Bournemouth Borough Council Council of the Borough and County of the Town of Poole]	[F16 Dorset County Council]
[F16 An employee of Swindon Borough Council]	[F16 Wiltshire Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council]	[F16 Hampshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Bristol City Council South Gloucestershire Council North Somerset Council]	[F16 Bath and North East Somerset Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Plymouth City Council Council of the Borough of Torbay]	[F16 Devon County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council]	[F16 Carmarthenshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of Vale of Glamorgan Council]	[F16 County Council of the City and County of Cardiff]
[F16 An employee of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council]	[F16 City and County of Swansea Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Wrexham County Borough Council Denbighshire County Council]	[F16 Flintshire County Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Conwy County Borough Council Isle of Anglesey County Council]	[F16 Gwynedd Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Bridgend County Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council]	[F16 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the following local authorities: Monmouthshire County Council Newport City Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council]	[F16 Torfaen County Borough Council]
[F16 An employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority]	[F16 Flintshire County Council]
[F17 An employee of the Tees Valley Combined Authority established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016]	[F17 Middlesbrough Borough Council]
[F18 An employee of the West Midlands Combined Authority established by the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016]	[F18 Wolverhampton City Council]
[F19 An employee of the West of England Combined Authority established by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017]	[F19 Bath and North East Somerset Council]
[F20 An employee of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017]	[F20 Cambridgeshire County Council]

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(a)

F9 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(b)

F10 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(c)

F11 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(d)

F12 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 inserted (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 18(3)(a)

F13 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 18(3)(b)

F14 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(a)

F15 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(b)

F16 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(e)

F17 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 11

F18 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), arts. 1(2), 15(3)

F19 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 29

F20 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 16