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The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015

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Local pensions board: membership

6.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) each scheme manager must determine—

(a)the membership of the local pension board;

(b)the manner in which members of the local pension board may be appointed and removed;

(c)the terms of appointment of members of the local pension board, including the duration of their appointment.

(2) A local pension board must include an equal number, which is no less than 4, of employer representatives and member representatives(1) and for these purposes the scheme manager must be satisfied that a person to be appointed as—

(a)an employer representative has the capacity to represent employers on the local pension board;

(b)a member representative has the capacity to represent members on the local pension board.

(3) Throughout the period of appointment of a person appointed as a member of a local pension board to represent employers or members, as the case may be, a scheme manager must be satisfied that the member continues to have the capacity to represent employers or members, as the case may be, on a local pension board.

(4) A person who is to be appointed as a member of a local pension board by a scheme manager to represent employers or members, as the case may be, must provide the scheme manager with such information as the scheme manager reasonably requires for the purposes of paragraph (2).

(5) A person who is a member of a local pension board appointed to represent employers or members, as the case may be, must provide the scheme manager which made the appointment with such information as the scheme manager reasonably requires for the purposes of paragraph (3).

(6) The scheme manager may appoint persons who are not members of the local pension board to be non-voting advisory members of the local pension board, who may, by invitation, attend meetings of the local pension board and any sub-committee of the local pension board.

(7) The number of non-voting advisory members of the local pension board must be less than each of the number of employer representatives and the number of member representatives.

(8) An advisory member of the local pension board is to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member’s appointment.

(9) No member or officer of an authority responsible for the discharge of any function under these Regulations (apart from any function relating to a local pension board or the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board for Wales) may be a member of a local pension board.

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See section 5(6) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 for definitions of these terms.

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