The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

11.  In regulation 5 (meaning of “pensionable pay”)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(d), omit “or”;

(b) after paragraph (2)(e), insert—

“(f) the amount of any supplement paid to an employee whose employment was transferred on 1st April 2010, under a staff transfer scheme, from the Scottish Administration to Learning and Teaching Scotland(1), in recognition of the difference in contribution rates between members of the principal civil service pension scheme(2) and the Scheme;

(g) the amount of any supplement paid to an employee whose entitlement to a pension was transferred on 1st May 2010 from the SDS Scheme to the Scheme, in recognition of the difference in contribution rates between members of the SDS Scheme and the Scheme;

(h) the amount of any supplement paid to an employee whose employment was transferred on 1st October 2008, under a staff transfer scheme, from the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman(3) to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(4) in recognition of the difference in contribution rates between members of the principal civil service pension scheme(5) and the Scheme; or

(i) the amount of any supplement paid to an employee whose employment was transferred on 1st April 2011, under a staff transfer scheme, from the Scottish Administration to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland(6), in recognition of the difference in contribution rates between members of the principal civil service pension scheme(7) and the Scheme(8).”; and

(c) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(4) In this regulation “the SDS Scheme” has the same meaning as in regulation 16B.”.

(1)

A company limited by guarantee (company number SC200241).

(2)

For the definition of the principal civil service pension scheme, see section 2(10) of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11).

(3)

The Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman was established by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40), section 34 and abolished by S.S.I. 2008/352.

(4)

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission was established by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), section 1.

(5)

For the definition of the civil service pension scheme, see section 2(10) of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11).

(6)

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland was established under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), section 44.

(7)

For the definition of the civil service pension scheme, see section 2(10) of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11).

(8)

Learning and Teaching Scotland and The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited are, and the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be, community admission bodies in terms of regulation 4(2) of S.S.I. 2008/228.