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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/315",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2005",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”) which are necessary as a result of the dissolution of Scottish Homes.\nThe functions and staff of Scottish Homes were transferred to the Scottish Executive on 1st November 2001. The staff of Scottish Homes includes some former employees of the Scottish Special Housing Association. The pension fund maintained by Scottish Homes transfers to the City of Edinburgh Council on 1st July 2005.\nRegulation 2(a) amends the principal Regulations to specify that the City of Edinburgh Council is the administering authority. Scottish Ministers will carry out the functions, under the Regulations, of the former employing authority from 1st July 2005 for former employees of Scottish Homes and the Scottish Special Housing Association. Regulation 2(c) amends the principal Regulations to designate the fund maintained by the City of Edinburgh Council as the appropriate fund for these former employees. Regulation 2(b) removes an obsolete requirement, which need only apply until 30th June 2005, as there will be no fund maintained by Scottish Homes after 1st July 2005.\nRegulation 2(1) also places an obligation on Scottish Ministers to make payments to that administering authority, should the actuary appointed by the administering authority determine that such payments are necessary to maintain the solvency of the fund.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/315/note",
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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."
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