# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014, Regulation 4B: Local pension boards: membership

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) 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.
(2) A local pension board must include an equal number, which is no less than 4 in total, of employer representatives and member representatives and for these purposes the scheme manager must be satisfied that—
(a) a person to be appointed to the local pension board as an employer representative has the capacity to represent the employer; and
(b) a person to be appointed to the local pension board as a member representative has the capacity to represent members.
(3) A member of the authority who is a member of the local pension board must be appointed as either an employer representative or a member representative.
(4) No member or officer of an authority who is 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) may be a member of the local pension board of that authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2848/regulation/4B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/regulation-4B
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