Paragraph 1

The following bodies are admission bodies with whom an administering authority may make an admission agreement—

(a)

a body which provides a public service in the United Kingdom which operates otherwise than for the purposes of gain and has sufficient links with a Scheme employer for the body and the Scheme employer to be regarded as having a community of interest (whether because the operations of the body are dependent on the operations of the Scheme employer or otherwise);

(b)

a body, to the funds of which a Scheme employer contributes;

(c)

a body representative of—

(i)

any Scheme employers, or

(ii)

local authorities or officers of local authorities;

(d)

a body that is providing or will provide a service or assets in connection with the exercise of a function of a Scheme employer as a result of—

(i)

the transfer of the service or assets by means of a contract or other arrangement,

(ii)

a direction made under section 15 of the Local Government Act 1999 M1 (Secretary of State's powers),

(iii)

directions made under section 497A of the Education Act 1996 M2;

(e)

a body which provides a public service in the United Kingdom and is approved in writing by the Secretary of State for the purpose of admission to the Scheme.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1999 c. 27; section 15 has been amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009.
M2: 1996 c. 56. Section 497A was inserted by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) and has been amended by S.I. 2010/1158; the Education Act 2002 (c. 32); and the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22).