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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2356",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013",
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  "text": "A direction under paragraph 3—\n(a) may only be given after the Secretary of State has consulted any bodies appearing to be affected by a proposed direction, and\n(b) may include provision as to the making of adjustments between funds, the transfer of assets and liabilities, and any other consequential or incidental matters.\nMember\nAppropriate administering authority\nAn employee of an administering authority.\nThat administering authority.\nExcept where a Scheme employer is listed elsewhere in this table, an employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 1 to 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, or paragraph 2, 4 or 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, which is situated wholly or mainly within the local government area of a local authority.\nWhere that local authority is an administering authority, that administering authority and where that local authority is not an administering authority, the administering authority which is the appropriate administering authority for that local authority.\nAn employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.\nAn employee of the Greater London Authority.\nAn employee of the London Fire Commissioner\nAn employee of the Commission for Local Administration in England.\nAn employee of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.\nAn employee of the Valuation Tribunal Service employed in the London headquarters.\nAn employee of a proprietor of an Academy where immediately before the school achieved Academy status, the appropriate administering authority in relation to that school was the London Pensions Fund Authority.\nThe London Pensions Fund Authority.\nAn employee of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London.\nThe Corporation of London\nExcept where an employee falls within the category of employee for whom this table provides that the London Pensions Fund Authority is the appropriate administering authority, an employee of a proprietor of an Academy.\nWhere the local authority within whose local government area the relevant workplace is located is an administering authority, that administering authority and where the local authority within whose local government area the relevant workplace is located is not an administering authority, the administering authority which is the appropriate administering authority for that local authority.\nAn employee of a passenger transport executive.\nThe same administering authority as is the appropriate administering authority for the integrated transport authority to which the passenger transport executive is accountable.\nAn employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 5 or 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.\nThe same administering authority, or administering authorities, as is the appropriate administering authority or are the administering authorities for the ... body or bodies to which the Scheme employer is connected or which it is under the control of.\nAn employee of the Broads Authority\nNorfolk County Council\nAn employee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly.\nCornwall Council.\nAn employee of an admission body eligible for membership of the Scheme.\nThe administering authority with which the employer has made the admission agreement.\nAn employee of the Natural Resources Body for Wales eligible for membership of the Scheme.\nThe Environment Agency.\nAn employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service\nCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council\nAn employee of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;\nCardiff County Council.\nAn employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Thames Valley area.\nWindsor and Maidenhead Council.\nAn employee of the National Probation Service local board for the South Wales area.\nRhondda Cynon, Taf County Borough Council.\nAn employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Dyfed Powys area.\nCarmarthenshire Council.\nAn employee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024.\nSouth Tyneside Council.\nA person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).\nTameside Metropolitan Borough Council.\nA person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.\nTameside Metropolitan Borough Council.\nAn employee of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.\nSouth Yorkshire Pension Authority\nAn employee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014\nCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council\nAn employee of the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority established by the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014\nWirral Metropolitan Borough Council\nAn employee of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011\nTameside Metropolitan Borough Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nOldham Metropolitan Borough Council\nRochdale Metropolitan Borough Council\nStockport Metropolitan Borough Council\nManchester City Council\nSalford City Council\nWigan Metropolitan Borough Council\nBolton Metropolitan Borough Council\nBury Metropolitan Borough Council\nTrafford Metropolitan Borough Council\nTameside Metropolitan Borough Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council\nBlackpool Council\nLancashire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nSefton Council\nLiverpool City Council\nKnowsley Metropolitan Borough Council\nSt Helens Metropolitan Borough Council\nWirral Metropolitan Borough Council\nAn employee of City of York Council\nNorth Yorkshire Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council\nDoncaster Metropolitan Borough Council\nSheffield Metropolitan District Council\nRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council\nSouth Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nLeeds City Council\nCalderdale Council\nKirklees Council\nCity of Wakefield City Council\nCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nKingston Upon Hull City Council\nNorth Lincolnshire Council\nNorth East Lincolnshire Borough Council\nEast Riding of Yorkshire Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nCouncil of the Borough of North Tyneside\nNewcastle City Council\nSunderland City Council\nGateshead Council\nThe Council of the Borough of South Tyneside\nAn employee of Darlington Borough Council\nDurham County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nHartlepool Borough Council\nStockton-on-Tees Borough Council\nRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council\nMiddlesbrough Borough Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nCheshire East Council\nHalton Borough Council\nWarrington Borough Council\nCheshire West and Chester Borough Council\nAn employee of Stoke-on-Trent City Council\nStaffordshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nBirmingham City Council\nWalsall Metropolitan Borough Council\nSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council\nCoventry City Council\nSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council\nDudley Metropolitan Borough Council\nWolverhampton City Council\nAn employee of Telford and Wrekin Council\nShropshire Council\nAn employee of County of Herefordshire District Council\nWorcestershire County Council\nAn employee of Derby City Council\nDerbyshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities\nLeicester City Council\nRutland County Council District Council\nLeicestershire County Council\nAn employee of Nottingham City Council\nNottinghamshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nCentral Bedfordshire Council\nLuton Borough Council\nBedford Borough Council\nAn employee of Peterborough City Council\nCambridgeshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nWest Berkshire District Council\nReading Borough Council\nWokingham District Council\nSlough Borough Council\nBracknell Forest Borough Council\nRoyal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council\nThurrock Council\nEssex County Council\nBrighton & Hove City Council\nEast Sussex County Council\nAn employee of Medway Council\nKent County Council\nAn employee of Milton Keynes Council\nBuckinghamshire Council\nAn employee of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council\nDorset Council\nAn employee of Swindon Borough Council\nWiltshire Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nPortsmouth City Council\nSouthampton City Council\nHampshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nBristol City Council\nSouth Gloucestershire Council\nNorth Somerset Council\nBath and North East Somerset Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nPlymouth City Council\nCouncil of the Borough of Torbay\nDevon County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nPembrokeshire County Council\nCeredigion County Council\nCarmarthenshire County Council\nAn employee of Vale of Glamorgan Council\nCounty Council of the City and County of Cardiff\nAn employee of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council\nCity and County of Swansea Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nWrexham County Borough Council\nDenbighshire County Council\nFlintshire County Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nConwy County Borough Council\nIsle of Anglesey County Council\nGwynedd Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nBridgend County Borough Council\nMerthyr Tydfil County Borough Council\nRhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council\nAn employee of the following local authorities:\nMonmouthshire County Council\nNewport City Council\nCaerphilly County Borough Council\nBlaenau Gwent County Borough Council\nTorfaen County Borough Council\nAn employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority\nFlintshire County Council\nAn employee of the Tees Valley Combined Authority established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016\nMiddlesbrough Borough Council\nAn employee of the West Midlands Combined Authority established by the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016\nWolverhampton City Council\nAn employee of the West of England Combined Authority established by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017\nBath and North East Somerset Council\nAn employee of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017\nCambridgeshire County Council\nAn employee of Transport for the North\nTameside Metropolitan Borough Council\nAn employee of North Northamptonshire Council\nWest Northamptonshire Council\nAn employee of Cumberland Council\nWestmorland and Furness Council\nAn employee of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee\nGwynedd Council\nAn employee of the Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee\nPowys County Council\nAn employee of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee\nRhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council\nAn employee of the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee\nCarmarthenshire County Council\nAn employee of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023\nNorth Yorkshire Council\nAn employee of the East Midlands Combined County Authority established by the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024\nNottinghamshire County Council\nAn employee of the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025\nEast Riding of Yorkshire Council\nAn employee of the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority established by the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025\nDevon County Council\nAn employee of the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority established by the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025\nEast Riding of Yorkshire Council\nAn employee of the Lancashire Combined County Authority established by the Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025\nLancashire County Council\nAn employee of the Cumbria Combined Authority established by the Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2025\nWestmorland and Furness Council\nAn employee of the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority established by the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2025\nCheshire West and Chester Council\nAn employee of the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority established by the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026\nWest Sussex County Council\nAn employee of the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority established by the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026\nHampshire County Council",
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      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(a)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(b)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (E.) (1.4.2018) by The London Government (London Fire Commissioner and Policing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/269), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(d)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/493), regs. 1(2), 22"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 50(2) (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 18(3)(b)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(a)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.6.2014) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Offender Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1146), regs. 1(2), 10(b)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 32(e)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 5(3)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (1.4.2020) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Buckinghamshire Structural Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/123), regs. 1(2), 2(4)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table substituted (1.4.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/615), arts. 1, 7(3)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), arts. 1(2), 15(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.4.2018) by The Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/103), regs. 1(2), 19(6)(b)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table added (1.4.2021) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/272), arts. 1, 5(4)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 4(4)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Corporate Joint Committees) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/402), arts. 1(3), 7(3)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 26(5)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 36"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 28(5)"
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      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 21"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 34"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 23"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (24.2.2026) by The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/158), arts. 1(2), 15(3)"
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      "label": "F30",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (24.2.2026) by The Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/159), arts. 1(2), 16(3)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (26.3.2026) by The Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/362), regs. 1(2), 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F32",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 table inserted (4.6.2026) by The Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/595), regs. 1(2), 15(3)"
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