16.—(1) The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013(1) are modified as follows.
(2) Regulation 64 is to be read as if after paragraph (8) there were inserted—
“(8A) Paragraph (8B) applies where the exiting employer is the Essex Fire Authority and the liabilities of the fund in respect of benefits due to the Essex Fire Authority’s current and former employees (or those of any predecessor authority) have been or are to be transferred to the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority under a transfer scheme made under section 4C of the Fire and Rescue Service Act 2004.
(8B) Where this paragraph applies, no exit payment is due under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) does not apply.”.
S.I. 2013/2356; regulation 64(1) is substituted by regulation 22 of S.I. 2015/755.