The Local Government Pension Scheme (Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Pension Fund Merger) Regulations 2020

Transfer of assets, liabilities and responsibilities

3.—(1) On the merger date all assets and liabilities of the pension fund maintained by Northumberland become the assets and liabilities of the pension fund maintained by South Tyneside.

(2) No later than 3 months after the date these Regulations come into force, Northumberland and South Tyneside must publish a statement setting out the assets and liabilities of their respective pension funds immediately before the merger date.

(3) On and after the merger date—

(a) any payment received by Northumberland relating to its function as an administering authority for the Northumberland local government pension fund before that date, must be paid into the pension fund maintained by South Tyneside; and

(b) any payment due to be made by Northumberland relating to its function as an administering authority for the Northumberland local government pension fund which had not been made before that date, must be paid from the pension fund maintained by South Tyneside.

(4) Any question concerning the rights or liabilities of any person under the 2013 Regulations or the Earlier Regulations which was decided by Northumberland before the merger date is deemed to be a decision of South Tyneside for the purposes of any challenge to a decision.

(5) Any question concerning the rights or liabilities of any person under the 2013 Regulations or the Earlier Regulations which was due to be decided by Northumberland but which was not decided before the merger date, must be decided by South Tyneside.

(6) South Tyneside must be substituted for Northumberland in any instruments, contracts or legal proceedings which relate to any of Northumberland’s functions as an administering authority for the Northumberland local government pension fund which were made or commenced before the merger date.

(7) Any arrangements under regulation 17 of the 2013 Regulations (additional voluntary contributions) under a scheme established by Northumberland continue to have effect as if they had been entered into under a scheme established by South Tyneside.