56.—(1) An administering authority must, after consultation with such persons as it considers appropriate, prepare, maintain and publish a written statement setting out its funding strategy.
(2) The statement must be published no later than 31st March 2016.
(3) The authority must keep the statement under review and, after consultation with such persons as it considers appropriate, make such revisions as are appropriate following a material change in its policy set out in the statement, and if revisions are made, publish the statement as revised.
(4) In preparing, maintaining and reviewing the statement, the administering authority must have regard to—
(a)the guidance set out in the current version of the document published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (“CIPFA”) and called “Preparing and maintaining a Funding Strategy Statement in the Local Government Pension Scheme”(1); and
(b)the statement of investment principles published by the administering authority under regulation 12 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Regulations 2010.
ISBN: 9781845083359; copies may be obtained from CIPFA at 77 Mansell Street, London E1 8AN.