# The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013, Paragraph 290: Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008


After regulation 8B of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008 insert—
“Natural Resources Body for Wales: responsibility for deferred and pensioner members previously employed by the Environment Agency
8C (1) Any provision of these Regulations, the Benefits Regulations or the Transitional Regulations which confers a function on a body by virtue of having been a member's employer shall have effect as if the Natural Resources Body for Wales was the employer of a person to whom paragraph (2) applies at all times when that person was an active member.
(2) This paragraph applies to any deferred or pensioner member—
(a) who is a member by virtue of—
(i) employment with the Environment Agency (including any employment transferred to that Agency) which ended before 1 April 2013; or
(ii) employment with the National Rivers Authority which ended before 1 April 1996; and
(b) in respect of whom the pension liabilities of the Environment Agency were transferred to the Natural Resources Body for Wales on 1 April 2013 by a transfer scheme made by the Welsh Ministers under section 23 of the Public Bodies Act 2011.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/755/schedule/4/paragraph/290 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-resources-body-for-wales-functions-order-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-290
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