| PART A |
| PRELIMINARY |
| A1. | Citation and commencement. |
| A2. | Interpretation. |
| PART B |
| MEMBERSHIP |
| Eligibility |
| B1. | General eligibility of employees of LGPS employers. |
| B2. | Age restrictions: meaning of "latest retirement age" and "LRD". |
| B3. | Restrictions by reference to working hours: "part-time" and "variable-time" employees. |
| B4. | Certain office-holders etc. to be treated as employees of LGPS employers. |
| B5. | Separate employments etc. |
| B6. | Eligibility of employees of certain non-LGPS employers. |
| B7. | Power to extend eligibility to employees of other bodies ("admission agreements"). |
| B8. | Ineligibility of employees eligible to join other statutory schemes. |
| B9. | Other cases of ineligibility. |
| Joining and leaving the Scheme |
| B10. | Applications for membership. |
| B11. | Admission to the Scheme. |
| B12. | Leaving the Scheme. |
| B13. | Rejoining the Scheme. |
| Membership period |
| B14. | Periods of membership: "total period of membership". |
| B15. | Length of period of membership: calculation of benefit. |
| B16. | Special power of employing authority to increase period of membership. |
| B17. | Special power of City of London bodies to increase period of membership. |
| PART C |
| MEMBERS' CONTRIBUTIONS |
| Preliminary definitions |
| C1. | Meaning of "appropriate pension fund". |
| C2. | Meaning of "remuneration". |
| C3. | Meaning of "normal retirement age" and "NRD". |
| Standard contributions |
| C4. | Member's standard contributions. |
| Effect of absences on contributions |
| C5. | Leave of absence from duty. |
| C6. | Maternity absence. |
| C7. | Absence owing to trade dispute. |
| C8. | Absence on reserve forces service. |
| Additional payments to improve benefits |
| C9. | Payments to increase membership: calculation of all benefits. |
| C10. | Maximum length of additional periods to be purchased under regulation C9. |
| C11. | Amounts of payments under regulation C9. |
| C12. | Purchase by part-time employees of additional periods under regulation C9. |
| C13. | Payments to avoid reduction of retirement grant and death grant. |
| C14. | Payments to increase widower's pension by counting membership before 6th April 1988. |
| C15. | Amounts of payments under regulations C13 and C14. |
| C16. | Further provisions as to making of payments under regulations C13 and C14. |
| C17. | No elections to make payments after 64. |
| Incomplete payments and return of contributions |
| C18. | Notice to discontinue payments. |
| C19. | Uncompleted periodical payments. |
| C20. | Effect of opting out of membership on certain additional payments. |
| C21. | Return of member's contributions in certain cases. |
| C22. | Meaning of "aggregate amount of contributions" for purposes of regulation C21. |
| C23. | Effect of return to local government on right to a return of contributions. |
| AVCs |
| C24. | Additional voluntary contributions. |
| Deduction and recovery of contributions |
| C25. | Deduction and recovery of member's contributions. |
| C26. | Statements as to remuneration not received from employing authority. |
| Limitations on payments |
| C27. | Limitation of payments. |
| Provisions concerning continuing payments under old legislation |
| C28. | Provisions concerning outstanding payments due under previous regulations. |
| PART D |
| RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
| Preliminary definitions |
| D1. | "Pensionable remuneration". |
| D2. | "Standard retirement pension" and "standard retirement grant". |
| D3. | "Statutory pension entitlement". |
| D4. | References to members leaving employment to include optants-out. |
| Entitlement to immediate payment of benefits on retirement |
| D5. | Retirement on or after NRD. |
| D6. | Early entitlement to retirement benefits: redundancy etc. |
| D7. | Early entitlement to retirement benefits: ill-health. |
| D8. | Ill-health retirement grants. |
| D9. | Retirement at or after 60 but before NRD. |
| D10. | No double entitlement. |
| Entitlement to deferred benefits: ("preserved benefits") |
| D11. | Entitlement to deferred retirement benefits ("preserved benefits"). |
| D12. | Further provisions about preserved benefits. |
| Adjustments to standard benefits |
| D13. | Reduction of pensions payable early by virtue of elections etc. |
| D14. | Surrender of part of retirement pension in favour of spouse or dependant. |
| D15. | Adjustments to retirement pensions and grants for certain re-employed pensioners. |
| D16. | Reduction of retirement pensions of certain former teachers. |
| Overriding provisions (contracting-out and Finance Act requirements etc.) |
| D17. | Guaranteed minimum pensions for members in contracted-out employment etc. |
| D18. | Revaluation of guaranteed minimum in certain cases. |
| D19. | Equivalent pension benefits. |
| D20. | National insurance. |
| D21. | Limitations on benefits etc. |
| PART E |
| DEATH GRANTS |
| Death of a member |
| E1. | Death grant: members in service. |
| Death of a deferred pensioner |
| E2. | Death grant: deferred pensioners. |
| Death of a pensioner |
| E3. | Death grant: pensioners with 10 years' or more membership. |
| E4. | Death grant: pensioners with less than 10 years' membership. |
| General provisions relating to death benefits |
| E5. | Surviving spouse deductions from certain death grants. |
| E6. | Adjustments to death grants for certain re-employed pensioners. |
| E7. | Part-timers' pensionable remuneration for certain purposes of this |
| PART F |
| SURVIVING SPOUSES' PENSIONS |
| Death of a member |
| F1. | Member's spouse's short-term pension. |
| F2. | Member's spouse's long-term pension. |
| Death of a deferred pensioner |
| F3. | Deferred pensioner's spouse's long-term pension. |
| Death of a pensioner |
| F4. | Pensioner's spouse's short-term pension. |
| F5. | Pensioner's spouse's long-term pension. |
| General provisions relating to surviving spouses' pensions |
| F6. | Post retirement marriages. |
| F7. | Remarriage and cohabitation. |
| F8. | Widowers: requirement for post 5th April 1988 service and consequent adjustments to "retirement pension". |
| F9. | Widowers: elections for added years etc. |
| F10. | Adjustments to pensions of surviving spouses of certain re-employed pensioners. |
| Contracting-out requirements: GMP rule |
| F11. | Surviving spouse's guaranteed minimum pension. [DOE 0105] |
| PART G |
| CHILDREN'S PENSIONS |
| Preliminary |
| G1. | Meaning of "child". |
| G2. | Meaning of "eligible child". |
| Death of a member |
| G3. | Member's children's long-term pension. |
| G4. | Member's children's short-term pension. |
| Death of a deferred pensioner |
| G5. | Deferred pensioner's children's long-term pension. |
| Death of a pensioner |
| G6. | Pensioner's children's long-term pension. |
| G7. | Pensioner's children's short-term pension. |
| General provisions relating to children's pensions |
| G8. | Limitations on entitlement to children's short-term pensions. |
| G9. | Long-term pensions: increase of membership in certain cases. |
| G10. | Children over 17 in paid training. |
| G11. | Discretions as to payment of children's pensions. |
| G12. | Adjustments to children's pensions for certain re-employed pensioners etc. |
| PART H |
| GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING BENEFITS |
| H1. | Interest on late payment of certain benefits. |
| H2. | National insurance. |
| H3. | Benefits not assignable. |
| H4. | Forfeiture of pension rights after conviction of employment-related offences. |
| H5. | Commutation: small pensions. |
| H6. | Commutation: exceptional circumstances of ill-health. |
| H7. | Payments due in respect of deceased persons. |
| H8. | Benefits in respect of certain persons employed before April 1974. |
| PART J |
| DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS |
| J1. | Initial decisions. |
| J2. | Decisions as to status of employees. |
| J3. | Decisions as to benefits. |
| J4. | Notification of decisions. |
| J5. | Appeals. |
| PART K |
| INTERCHANGE ETC. |
| Preliminary |
| K1. | Interpretation. |
| Transfers out |
| K2. | Outwards transfers. |
| K3. | Time for payment of transfer value under regulation K2. |
| K4. | Cases where right to transfer value excluded. |
| K5. | Amount of transfer value under regulation K2. |
| K6. | Special provision as respects pre-6th April 1988 service. |
| K7. | Reductions of the transfer value: unsecured GMPs, pre-1988 service and forfeiture. |
| K8. | Minimum transfer values. |
| K9. | Modifications where transfer is to club scheme. |
| K10. | General provisions about payment of transfer values. |
| K11. | Termination of right to payment out of fund authority's pension fund. |
| K12. | Revival of rights for certain Community scheme transferees. |
| Transfers in |
| K13. | Inward transfers of accrued rights from non-local government schemes etc. |
| K14. | Right to count service. |
| K15. | Calculation of period of membership allowed under regulation K14(1)(a): non-club schemes. |
| K16. | Special provision where transfer is from a club scheme. |
| K17. | Increase in return of contributions. |
| K18. | National insurance modification for flat-rate retirement pension. |
| K19. | National insurance modification for graduated retirement pension. |
| Interfund adjustments on changes of local government employment |
| K20. | Change of local government employment and fund authority: "interfund adjustments". |
| K21. | Calculation of interfund adjustment payable under regulation K20. |
| K22. | Forfeitures. |
| Transfers of certain members who are eligible to join approved non-local government schemes |
| K23. | Certain members who become subject to other pension schemes in the same employment. |
| K24. | Requests for transfer payments: regulation K23 employees and employees of ineligible employers. |
| K25. | Application of regulation K24 in case of certain transfers involving admission agreements. |
| Payments for combined benefits |
| K26. | Liability for combined benefits. |
| Transfers to and from Scottish local government employment |
| K27. | Transfers to and from Scotland. |
| Overseas employment |
| K28. | Overseas employment. |
| PART L |
| PENSION FUNDS AND PAYMENTS BY AUTHORITIES |
| The pension funds |
| L1. | Continuation of existing pension funds. |
| L2. | Transfer of existing pension funds. |
| L3. | Further funds for members covered by admission agreements. |
| Management and investment of funds |
| L4. | Management of pension fund. |
| L5. | Use and investment of pension fund's money. |
| L6. | Restrictions on investments. |
| L7. | Use of fund money administering authority. |
| L8. | Fund managers. |
| L9. | Accounts and audit. |
| Valuations and rates of contributions and adjustments |
| L10. | Valuations of pension fund. |
| L11. | Actuary's certificates. |
| Employer's liability to make payments |
| L12. | Employer's contributions. |
| L13. | Employer's further payments. |
| L14. | Payments by employing authorities to administering authorities. |
| L15. | Extra charges resulting from early retirement of chief officers. |
| Transfers, recovery and retention from funds in misconduct cases |
| L16. | Transfer of sums from pension fund to compensate for former member's misconduct. |
| L17. | Recovery or retention where former member has misconduct obligation. |
| Certain statutory payments to be met out of appropriate funds |
| L18. | Pension increases and cash equivalents under the Pension Schemes Act 1993. |
| L19. | Pension increases under the Pension (Increase) Acts. |
| L20. | State scheme premiums. |
| Modifications of Part L as respects National Rivers Authority funds |
| L21. | Modifications of Part L as respects National Rivers Authority funds. |
| PART M |
| MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS |
| Modifications in special cases |
| M1. | Local government reorganisation. |
| M2. | Modifications of regulations in special cases. |
| M3. | Modifications applying to certain City of London employees. |
| Information and records |
| M4. | Information to be supplied by certain employees. |
| M5. | Records to be kept by authorities. |
| M6. | Transmission of documents and information. |
| Supplementary provisions |
| M7. | Right to opt out. |
| M8. | Transitional and transitory provisions. |
| M9. | Revocations. |
| M10. | Consequential amendments. |
| M11. | Application to Isles of Scilly. |
