The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

  3. 2.Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

  4. 3.For regulation 3(4)(b) (active membership) substitute— (b) on the first...

  5. 4.In regulation 3(7) (active membership), omit the word “or” at...

  6. 5.In regulation 10(5) (temporary reduction in contributions) for “sickness or...

  7. 6.In regulation 15 (employer contributions during absences)—

  8. 7.In regulation 16 (additional pension contributions)— (a) insert a comma...

  9. 8.In regulation 17 (additional voluntary contributions)— (a) for paragraph (6)...

  10. 9.In regulation 19(2) (exclusion of rights to return of contributions)...

  11. 10.In regulation 21 (assumed pensionable pay)— (a) in paragraph (2)(b)...

  12. 11.In regulation 22 (pension accounts)— (a) in paragraph (4) omit...

  13. 12.In regulation 32 (commencement of pensions) after paragraph (5) insert—...

  14. 13.In regulation 36 (role of the IRMP)—

  15. 14.For regulation 39(9)(a) (calculation of ill-health pension amounts) substitute—

  16. 15.In regulation 40 (death grants: active members)—

  17. 16.In regulation 41 (survivor benefits: partners of active members) in...

  18. 17.In regulation 42 (survivor benefits: children of active members) in...

  19. 18.In regulation 44(8) (survivor benefits: partners of deferred members and...

  20. 19.In regulation 45(14) (survivor benefits: children of deferred members) at...

  21. 20.In regulation 58 (funding strategy statement) for paragraph (4)(a) substitute—...

  22. 21.In regulation 62(6)(b) (actuarial valuations of pension funds) for the...

  23. 22.In regulation 64 (special circumstances where revised actuarial valuations and...

  24. 23.In regulation 69 (payment by Scheme employers to administering authorities)—...

  25. 24.In regulation 83 (payments for persons incapable of managing their...

  26. 25.In regulation 89 (annual benefit statements)— (a) in paragraph (4)...

  27. 26.In regulation 94(1) (adjustment of account following forfeiture etc) at...

  28. 27.In regulation 103 (changes of administering authority) in paragraph (1)...

  29. 28.In Schedule 1 (interpretation)— (a) omit the definition of “Housing...

  30. 29.In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Scheme employers) for paragraphs...

  31. 30.In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Scheme employers) in paragraph...

  32. 31.In Part 1 of Schedule 3 (pension funds)—

  33. 32.In the table after paragraph 4 of Part 2 of...

  34. 33.Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014

  35. 34.In regulation 17 (survivor benefits) for paragraph (13) substitute—

  36. 35.After regulation 25 (pension increases under the Pensions (Increase) Acts)...

  37. 36.In Schedule 2— (a) in paragraph 2(1) for “paragraph 1(3)(b),...

  38. Signature

  39. Explanatory Note