The Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England and Wales(1).

(3) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the 1997 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997(2);

`“the 1997 Scheme” means the occupational pension scheme constituted by the 1997 Regulations;

“appropriate administering authority” means the body maintaining the appropriate fund;

“appropriate fund”, in relation to a member, means the fund into which he pays contributions and from which he receives benefits;

“eligible child” has the meaning given by regulation 26;

“employing authority” means a body employing an employee who is eligible to be a member;

“financial year” means the year ending 31st March;

“nominated cohabiting partner” has the meaning given by regulation 25;

“part-time employee” means an employee whose contract of employment provides—

(a)

that he is such an employee for the Scheme, or

(b)

who is neither a whole-time employee nor a variable-time employee;

“the Scheme” means the Local Government Pension Scheme 2008 constituted by these Regulations;

“variable-time employee” means an employee whose contract of employment provides that he is such an employee for the Scheme and—

(a)

whose pay is calculated by reference to his duties (rather than necessarily by reference to the number of hours he has worked), or

(b)

whose duties only have to be performed on an occasional basis; and

“whole-time employee” means an employee whose contract of employment provides—

(a)

that he is such an employee for the Scheme, or

(b)

that his contractual hours are not less than the number of contractual hours for a person employed in that employment on a whole-time basis.

(1)

The Secretary of State’s functions under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750).

(2)

S.I. 1997/1612.