These Regulations amend the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 to provide that employees (other than police officers) of the Scottish Police Authority established under section 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and employees (other than fire-fighters) of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service established under section 1A(1) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 are eligible to be members of the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme.

The Regulations also specify to which local government pension fund transferring and new employees are to belong.