{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-J1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-J1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1019",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/J1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "J1",
  "heading": "Initial decisions",
  "text": "(1) Any question concerning the rights of liabilities under these regulations of any person other than a LGPS employer shall be decided in the first instance by the relevant LGPS employer.\n(2) Where the LGPS employer by whom any such question falls to be decided is ascertainable by reference to regulations J2 or J3, for the purposes of this regulation and of regulation J5 that employer shall be the relevant employer.\n(3) A decision by the relevant employer does not bind any other LGPS employer or the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/578",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1019/regulation/J1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:15.645770+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."
}