The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. Preliminary provisions

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent.

   2. 2. Interpretation.

3. Application of 1997 regulations and old provisions

   1. 3. Cessation of old provisions for active members.

   2. 4. Deferred members and pensioners: general.

   3. 5. Re-employment of members (Schedule D5 to the 1995 regulations etc.).

4. Counting old membership of existing members under 1997 regulations

   1. 6. Entitlement of active members to count old membership.

   2. 7. Entitlement of re-employed members to count old membership.

   3. 8. Membership before 1st April 1972.

   4. 9. Women with membership before 6th April 1988.

   5. 10. Certain members with membership before April 1974.

   6. 11. Rights under old provisions affecting membership periods (extra payments, absences etc.).

   7. 12. Rights under Schedule C6 to the 1995 regulations: counting of membership.

5. Augmentation

   1. 13. Duty of employing authority to increase total membership of members with membership before the commencement date.

6. Special provisions about rights relating to old membership

   1. 14. Continuity of elections within regulation 11(1).

   2. 15. Continuity of rights within regulation 12(1).

   3. 16. Temporary right to pay off liabilities under regulation 15 by capital payment.

   4. 17. Re-employment after return of contributions: service before 1980.

   5. 18. Equivalent pension benefits.

7. Pension funds and authorities

   1. 19. Pension funds and appropriate fund authorities.

   2. 20. Continuation of certain liabilities of employers.

   3. 21. Early retirement of chief officers.

8. Special cases

   1. 22. Civil servants transferred to the Environment Agency.

   2. 23. Former NHS scheme members.

   3. 24. Overseas employment.

   4. 25. Community scheme transferees.

9. Supplementary provisions

   1. 26. Cost of resolutions.

   2. 27. Minor and consequential amendments.

   3. 28. Transitional and transitory provisions and savings.

   4. 29. Revocations.

10. Signature

11. SCHEDULES

    1. Schedule 1

       Additional regulations which are “old provisions”.

    2. Schedule 2

       Re-employment of members (Schedule D5 to the 1995 regulations etc.).

    3. Schedule 3

       Minor and consequential amendments.

    4. Schedule 4

       Transitional and transitory provisions and savings.

12. Explanatory Note