The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2004

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

  3. 2.Amendment of the principal Regulations

  4. 3.General eligibility for membership: employees of Scheme employers etc.

  5. 4.Further restrictions on eligibility

  6. 5.Periods of membership: “total membership”

  7. 6.Meaning of “pay”

  8. 7.General qualification for benefits

  9. 8.Calculations

  10. 9.Final Pay

  11. 10.Ill-health

  12. 11.Amounts of ill-health pension and grant

  13. 12.Re-employed pensioners

  14. 13.Re-employed and rejoining deferred members

  15. 14.Concurrent employments

  16. 15.Guaranteed minimum pensions etc.

  17. 16.Surviving spouse’s long-term pension

  18. 17.Dependants of re-employed pensioners

  19. 18.Power of employing authority to increase total membership

  20. 19.Elections as to use of accumulated value of AVCs

  21. 20.Funding strategy statement

  22. 21.Actuarial valuations and certificates

  23. 22.Employer’s further payments

  24. 23.Interest

  25. 24.Discontinuance of additional contributions

  26. 25.Rights to return of contributions

  27. 26.Exclusion of rights to return of contributions

  28. 27.Notification of decisions under regulation 97

  29. 28.Appropriate administering authorities

  30. 29.Right to apply to person to decide the disagreement

  31. 30.Notice of decisions under regulation 100

  32. 31.Reference of disagreement to the appropriate administering authority

  33. 32.Notice of decisions under regulation 102

  34. 33.Annual benefit statements

  35. 34.Liability for combined benefits

  36. 35.Members employed by magistrates' courts committees

  37. 36.Conversion of periods credited under Discretionary Payments Regulations etc. into membership

  38. 37.Scheme employers

  39. 38.Revenue restrictions

  40. 39.Appropriate funds

  41. 40.Certain City of London employees and former contributors

  42. 41.Councillor members

  43. 42.Transitional provisions

  44. 43.Right to opt out

  45. Signature

  46. Explanatory Note