# The Local Government Pension Scheme(Pension Sharing on Divorce) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 8: First instance decisions


In regulation 97—
(a) in paragraph (2), for everything after “must be decided” substitute—
(a) “in the case of a person entitled to a pension credit or a pension credit member and in relation to his pension credit rights or pension credit benefits, by his appropriate administering authority, and
(b) in any other case by the Scheme employer who last employed him”;
(b) after paragraph (8) insert—
“(8A) But any question in relation to a person entitled to a pension credit or a pension credit member and his pension credit rights or pension credit benefits must be decided by his appropriate administering authority as soon as is reasonably practicable after the question arises.”; and
(c) after paragraph (13), add—
“(14) For this Chapter, references to the appropriate administering authority of a person entitled to a pension credit are references to the body that would be his appropriate administering authority if he were to become a pension credit member.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3025/schedule/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-schemepension-sharing-on-divorce-regulations-2000/schedule/paragraph-8
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