# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 1998, Regulation 27: Interest on late payment of certain benefits


In regulation 94–
(a) in paragraph (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “calculated from the due date as provided in regulation 82(2)”;
(b) as a new paragraph (1A) insert–
“(1A) The relevant period–
(a) in the case of a pension is one year;
(b) in the case of a payment made under regulation 38(1), is the period ending one month after the date on which the administering authority receives notification of the member’s death; and
(c) otherwise is one month.”;
(c) in paragraph (2), for “one month after the amount” substitute “the date on which it”;
(d) after paragraph (2) insert–
“(2A) In the case of a retirement grant, the due date is the date on which it is payable.”;
(e) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “the member dies”; and
(f) add–
“(4) In the case of an ill-health grant, the due date is the day after the member ceased to hold his employment.
(5) In the case of a payment of a lump sum under regulation 49 or 50, the due date is the day after the member would otherwise become entitled to payment of a pension.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1238/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-27
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