The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

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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.]

[F11(zd)Westmorland and Furness 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)

F7Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(z) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority Pension Fund and West Midlands Pension Fund Merger) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1351), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F8Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(za) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/615), arts. 1, 7(2)

F9Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(zb) inserted (1.4.2020) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Buckinghamshire Structural Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/123), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

F10Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(zc) added (1.4.2021) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/272), arts. 1, 5(3)

F11Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(zd) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 4(3)

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.

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 [F12of a local authority].	[F13Where 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. [F14An 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.	[F15Where 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 [F16passenger 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 F17... 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.
[F18An employee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024.]	[F19South Tyneside Council.]
[F20A person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).]	[F21Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F20A person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.]	[F21Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.]
[F22An employee of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.]	[F22South Yorkshire Pension Authority]
[F22An employee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014]	[F22City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[F22An 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]	[F22Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F22An employee of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011]	[F22Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F22An 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]	[F22Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Blackpool Council]	[F22Lancashire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Sefton Council Liverpool City Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F22Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F22An employee of City of York Council	[F23North Yorkshire Council]]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Sheffield Metropolitan District Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council]	[F22South Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Leeds City Council Calderdale Council Kirklees Council City of Wakefield City Council]	[F22City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Kingston Upon Hull City Council North Lincolnshire Council North East Lincolnshire Borough Council]	[F22East Riding of Yorkshire Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Council of the Borough of North Tyneside Newcastle City Council Sunderland City Council Gateshead Council]	[F22The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside]
[F22An employee of Darlington Borough Council]	[F22Durham County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Hartlepool Borough Council Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council]	[F22Middlesbrough Borough Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Cheshire East Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Borough Council]	[F22Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council]
[F22An employee of Stoke-on-Trent City Council]	[F22Staffordshire County Council]
[F22An 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]	[F22Wolverhampton City Council]
[F22An employee of Telford and Wrekin Council]	[F22Shropshire Council]
[F22An employee of County of Herefordshire District Council]	[F22Worcestershire County Council]
[F22An employee of Derby City Council]	[F22Derbyshire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities Leicester City Council Rutland County Council District Council]	[F22Leicestershire County Council]
[F22An employee of Nottingham City Council]	[F22Nottinghamshire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Central Bedfordshire Council Luton Borough Council]	[F22Bedford Borough Council]
[F22An employee of Peterborough City Council]	[F22Cambridgeshire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: West Berkshire District Council Reading Borough Council Wokingham District Council Slough Borough Council Bracknell Forest Borough Council]	[F22Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Thurrock Council]	[F22Essex County Council]
[F22Brighton & Hove City Council]	[F22East Sussex County Council]
[F22An employee of Medway Council]	[F22Kent County Council]
[F22An employee of Milton Keynes Council	[F24Buckinghamshire Council]]
[F25An employee of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council]	[F25Dorset Council]
[F22An employee of Swindon Borough Council]	[F22Wiltshire Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council]	[F22Hampshire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Bristol City Council South Gloucestershire Council North Somerset Council]	[F22Bath and North East Somerset Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Plymouth City Council Council of the Borough of Torbay]	[F22Devon County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council]	[F22Carmarthenshire County Council]
[F22An employee of Vale of Glamorgan Council]	[F22County Council of the City and County of Cardiff]
[F22An employee of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council]	[F22City and County of Swansea Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Wrexham County Borough Council Denbighshire County Council]	[F22Flintshire County Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Conwy County Borough Council Isle of Anglesey County Council]	[F22Gwynedd Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Bridgend County Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council]	[F22Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council]
[F22An employee of the following local authorities: Monmouthshire County Council Newport City Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council]	[F22Torfaen County Borough Council]
[F22An employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority]	[F22Flintshire County Council]
[F26An employee of the Tees Valley Combined Authority established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016]	[F26Middlesbrough Borough Council]
[F27An employee of the West Midlands Combined Authority established by the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016]	[F27Wolverhampton City Council]
[F28An employee of the West of England Combined Authority established by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017]	[F28Bath and North East Somerset Council]
[F29An employee of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017]	[F29Cambridgeshire County Council]
[F30An employee of Transport for the North]	[F30Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]
[F31An employee of North Northamptonshire Council	West Northamptonshire Council]
[F32An employee of Cumberland Council	Westmorland and Furness Council]
[F33An employee of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee	Gwynedd Council]
[F33An employee of the Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee	Powys County Council]
[F33An employee of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee	Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council]
[F33An employee of the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee	Carmarthenshire County Council]
[F34An employee of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023	North Yorkshire Council]
[F35An employee of the East Midlands Combined County Authority established by the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024	Nottinghamshire County Council]