# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997, Regulation 4: General eligibility for membership: employees of Scheme employers etc.


(1) A person may only be an active member if this regulation, regulation 5 or Chapter I of Part V enables him to be one and he is not prevented by regulation 6.
(2) A person may be a member if he is employed by a Scheme employer.
(3) A Scheme employer is a body which is listed in Schedule 2 or is a resolution body.
(4) But a person who is employed by a resolution body may only be a member if he is covered by a relevant resolution.
(5) A relevant resolution is a statutory resolution by a resolution body stating that a specified employee or a class of employees to which he belongs may be a member.
(6) These are resolution bodies—
(a) the Board of Governors of the Museum of London;
(b) any other body which is a precepting authority, a levying body or a section 75 body;
(c) a passenger transport executive;
(d) a designated institution which immediately before designation was assisted or maintained by a local education authority;
(e) the governing body of a grant-maintained school or a grant-maintained special school (other than a school within Schedule 2);
(f) a company under the control of a body listed in that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-4
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