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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-81",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1612",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/81",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Payments by employing authorities to appropriate administering authorities",
  "text": "(1) Every employing authority must pay to the appropriate administering authority, on or before such dates falling at intervals of not more than 12 months as the appropriate administering authority may determine (but in the case of the amounts mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) not later than the time required under section 49(8) of the Pensions Act 1995)—\n(a) all amounts from time to time deducted from the pay of their employees under these Regulations;\n(b) any amount received by them under regulation 18, (by deduction or otherwise) during the interval;\n(c) any extra charge payable under regulation 80 of which they have been notified by the administering authority during the interval; and\n(d) a contribution towards the cost of the administration of the fund.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply where the cost is paid out of the fund under regulation L4(3) of the 1995 regulations.\n(3) If the annual amount payable under paragraph (1)(d) cannot be settled by agreement, it must be determined by the Secretary of State.\n(4) Every payment under paragraph (1)(a) is to be accompanied by a statement showing—\n(a) the name and pay of each of the employing authority’s employees who is an active member;\n(b) which employees are paying voluntary contributions;\n(c) the amounts which represent deductions from the pay of each of the employees and the periods covered by the deductions, distinguishing amounts representing deductions for voluntary contributions.\n(5) An administering authority may direct the information mentioned in paragraph (4) to be given to them instead in such form and at such intervals (not exceeding 12 months) as they specify in the direction.\n(6) Paragraphs (1) and (4) do not apply to an employing authority which is an administering authority.\n(7) Voluntary contributions are contributions other than those under Part II.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 26."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1561",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1561",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1561",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2007"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/81",
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  },
  "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."
}