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Regulation 53

SCHEDULE 3E+WPension funds

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

PART 1E+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 [F1Borough] Council;

(h)East Riding of Yorkshire Council;

(i)Middlesborough Borough Council;

(j)South Tyneside [F2Borough] Council;

(k)Tameside [F3Metropolitan] Borough Council;

(l)Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council;

(m)Wirral [F4Metropolitan] 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 [F6Council];

(v)Gwynedd Council;

(w)Powys County Council;

(x)Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council;

(y)Torfaen County Borough Council;

F7(z). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8(za)Dorset Council.]

[F9(zb)Buckinghamshire Council.]

[F10(zc)West Northamptonshire Council.]

Textual Amendments

F1Word 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)

F2Word 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)

F3Word 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)

F4Word 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)

F5Sch. 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)

F6Word 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)

PART 2E+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.

MemberAppropriate 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 [F11of a local authority]. [F12Where 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.

[F13An employee of the London Fire Commissioner]

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. [F14Where 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 [F15passenger 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 F16... body or bodies to which the Scheme employer is connected or which it is under the control of.
An employee of the Broads AuthorityNorfolk 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 ServiceCity 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.

[F17An employee of the following combined authorities—

( a)the Durham, Gateshead, 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; and

(b)the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority established by the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018. ]

[F18South Tyneside Council.]
[F19A person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).] [F20Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F19A person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.] [F20Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F21An employee of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.] [F21South Yorkshire Pension Authority]
[F21An employee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014] [F21City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[F21An 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] [F21Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F21An employee of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011] [F21Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]

[F21An 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]

[F21Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackpool Council]

[F21Lancashire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Sefton Council

Liverpool City Council

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council]

[F21Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F21An employee of City of York Council] [F21North Yorkshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Sheffield Metropolitan District Council

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council]

[F21South Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Leeds City Council

Calderdale Council

Kirklees Council

City of Wakefield City Council]

[F21City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Kingston Upon Hull City Council

North Lincolnshire Council

North East Lincolnshire Borough Council]

[F21East Riding of Yorkshire Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Council of the Borough of North Tyneside

Newcastle City Council

Sunderland City Council

Gateshead Council]

[F21The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside]
[F21An employee of Darlington Borough Council] [F21Durham County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Hartlepool Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council]

[F21Middlesbrough Borough Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Cheshire East Council

Halton Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council]

[F21Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council]
[F21An employee of Stoke-on-Trent City Council] [F21Staffordshire County Council]

[F21An 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]

[F21Wolverhampton City Council]
[F21An employee of Telford and Wrekin Council] [F21Shropshire Council]
[F21An employee of County of Herefordshire District Council] [F21Worcestershire County Council]
[F21An employee of Derby City Council] [F21Derbyshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities

Leicester City Council

Rutland County Council District Council]

[F21Leicestershire County Council]
[F21An employee of Nottingham City Council] [F21Nottinghamshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Central Bedfordshire Council

Luton Borough Council]

[F21Bedford Borough Council]
[F21An employee of Peterborough City Council] [F21Cambridgeshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

West Berkshire District Council

Reading Borough Council

Wokingham District Council

Slough Borough Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council]

[F21Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Thurrock Council]

[F21Essex County Council]
[F21Brighton & Hove City Council] [F21East Sussex County Council]
[F21An employee of Medway Council] [F21Kent County Council]
[F21An employee of Milton Keynes Council [F22Buckinghamshire Council]]
[F23An employee of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council] [F23Dorset Council]
[F21An employee of Swindon Borough Council] [F21Wiltshire Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Portsmouth City Council

Southampton City Council]

[F21Hampshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Bristol City Council

South Gloucestershire Council

North Somerset Council]

[F21Bath and North East Somerset Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Plymouth City Council

Council of the Borough of Torbay]

[F21Devon County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Pembrokeshire County Council

Ceredigion County Council]

[F21Carmarthenshire County Council]
[F21An employee of Vale of Glamorgan Council] [F21County Council of the City and County of Cardiff]
[F21An employee of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council] [F21City and County of Swansea Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Wrexham County Borough Council

Denbighshire County Council]

[F21Flintshire County Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Conwy County Borough Council

Isle of Anglesey County Council]

[F21Gwynedd Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Bridgend County Borough Council

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council]

[F21Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council]

[F21An employee of the following local authorities:

Monmouthshire County Council

Newport City Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council]

[F21Torfaen County Borough Council]
[F21An employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority] [F21Flintshire County Council]
[F24An employee of the Tees Valley Combined Authority established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016] [F24Middlesbrough Borough Council]
[F25An employee of the West Midlands Combined Authority established by the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016] [F25Wolverhampton City Council]
[F26An employee of the West of England Combined Authority established by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017] [F26Bath and North East Somerset Council]
[F27An employee of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017] [F27Cambridgeshire County Council]
[F28An employee of Transport for the North] [F28Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F29An employee of North Northamptonshire Council West Northamptonshire Council]

Textual Amendments

F11Words 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)

F12Words 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)

F14Words 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)

F15Words 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)

F16Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/493), regs. 1(2), 22

F21Words 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)

F24Words 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

F25Words 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)

F26Words 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

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