# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013, Paragraph 4

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A direction under paragraph 3—
(a) may only be given after the Secretary of State has consulted any bodies appearing to be affected by a proposed direction, and
(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.
Member
Appropriate administering authority
An employee of an administering authority.
That administering authority.
Except 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.
Where 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.
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.
An employee of the Greater London Authority.
An employee of the London Fire Commissioner
An employee of the Commission for Local Administration in England.
An employee of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
An employee of the Valuation Tribunal Service employed in the London headquarters.
An 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.
The London Pensions Fund Authority.
An employee of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London.
The Corporation of London
Except 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.
Where 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.
An employee of a passenger transport executive.
The same administering authority as is the appropriate administering authority for the integrated transport authority to which the passenger transport executive is accountable.
An employee of a Scheme employer listed in paragraphs 5 or 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.
The 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.
An employee of the Broads Authority
Norfolk County Council
An employee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
Cornwall Council.
An employee of an admission body eligible for membership of the Scheme.
The administering authority with which the employer has made the admission agreement.
An employee of the Natural Resources Body for Wales eligible for membership of the Scheme.
The Environment Agency.
An employee of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
An employee of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;
Cardiff County Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Thames Valley area.
Windsor and Maidenhead Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the South Wales area.
Rhondda Cynon, Taf County Borough Council.
An employee of the National Probation Service local board for the Dyfed Powys area.
Carmarthenshire Council.
An employee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024.
South Tyneside Council.
A person deemed to be in the employment of the Secretary of State by regulation 3A(1).
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.
A person to whom regulation 3A(5) applies.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.
An employee of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority established by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014.
South Yorkshire Pension Authority
An employee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
An 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
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
An employee of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Manchester City Council
Salford City Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Council
Lancashire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Sefton Council
Liverpool City Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
An employee of City of York Council
North Yorkshire Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Sheffield Metropolitan District Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
South Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority
An employee of the following local authorities:
Leeds City Council
Calderdale Council
Kirklees Council
City of Wakefield City Council
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Kingston Upon Hull City Council
North Lincolnshire Council
North East Lincolnshire Borough Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Council of the Borough of North Tyneside
Newcastle City Council
Sunderland City Council
Gateshead Council
The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside
An employee of Darlington Borough Council
Durham County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Hartlepool Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Middlesbrough Borough Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Cheshire East Council
Halton Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council
Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council
An employee of Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Staffordshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Birmingham City Council
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Coventry City Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Wolverhampton City Council
An employee of Telford and Wrekin Council
Shropshire Council
An employee of County of Herefordshire District Council
Worcestershire County Council
An employee of Derby City Council
Derbyshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities
Leicester City Council
Rutland County Council District Council
Leicestershire County Council
An employee of Nottingham City Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Central Bedfordshire Council
Luton Borough Council
Bedford Borough Council
An employee of Peterborough City Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
West Berkshire District Council
Reading Borough Council
Wokingham District Council
Slough Borough Council
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
An employee of the following local authorities:
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Thurrock Council
Essex County Council
Brighton & Hove City Council
East Sussex County Council
An employee of Medway Council
Kent County Council
An employee of Milton Keynes Council
Buckinghamshire Council
An employee of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Dorset Council
An employee of Swindon Borough Council
Wiltshire Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Portsmouth City Council
Southampton City Council
Hampshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Bristol City Council
South Gloucestershire Council
North Somerset Council
Bath and North East Somerset Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Plymouth City Council
Council of the Borough of Torbay
Devon County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Pembrokeshire County Council
Ceredigion County Council
Carmarthenshire County Council
An employee of Vale of Glamorgan Council
County Council of the City and County of Cardiff
An employee of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council
City and County of Swansea Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Wrexham County Borough Council
Denbighshire County Council
Flintshire County Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Conwy County Borough Council
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Gwynedd Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Bridgend County Borough Council
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
An employee of the following local authorities:
Monmouthshire County Council
Newport City Council
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Torfaen County Borough Council
An employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority
Flintshire County Council
An employee of the Tees Valley Combined Authority established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016
Middlesbrough Borough Council
An employee of the West Midlands Combined Authority established by the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016
Wolverhampton City Council
An employee of the West of England Combined Authority established by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017
Bath and North East Somerset Council
An employee of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017
Cambridgeshire County Council
An employee of Transport for the North
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
An employee of North Northamptonshire Council
West Northamptonshire Council
An employee of Cumberland Council
Westmorland and Furness Council
An employee of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee
Gwynedd Council
An employee of the Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee
Powys County Council
An employee of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
An employee of the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee
Carmarthenshire County Council
An employee of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023
North Yorkshire Council
An employee of the East Midlands Combined County Authority established by the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024
Nottinghamshire County Council
An employee of the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
An employee of the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority established by the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025
Devon County Council
An employee of the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority established by the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
An employee of the Lancashire Combined County Authority established by the Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025
Lancashire County Council
An employee of the Cumbria Combined Authority established by the Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2025
Westmorland and Furness Council
An employee of the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority established by the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2025
Cheshire West and Chester Council
An employee of the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority established by the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026
West Sussex County Council
An employee of the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority established by the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026
Hampshire County Council

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2356/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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