{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-elected-member-pensions-consequential-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Elected Member Pensions) (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-elected-member-pensions-consequential-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made further to the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Elected Member Pensions) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/346, “the 2026 Regulations”), which amend the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2356) to extend the membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme to elected members of local authorities in England, in particular to mayors and members of combined county authorities. The 2026 Regulations also makes consequential amendments to (amongst other things) the statutory instruments establishing combined county authorities to ensure that where the authority pays a “relevant allowance” (an allowance other than for travel and subsistence) under its remuneration arrangements, the allowance is treated as pensionable under a scheme made under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), and the authority makes employer contributions and any other payments required to fund the pension benefits attributable to those allowances. The changes made by the 2026 Regulations will come into force on 11th May 2026.\nThese Regulations make a further such consequential change in respect of the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/362), which are regulations that were subject to the draft affirmative procedure and that were laid before (but made after) the 2026 Regulations were made. These amendments ensure that the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority will be treated in a way consistent with all other combined authorities.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact is anticipated on the private or voluntary sectors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/410/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:44.811757+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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