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The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

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61.—(1) Each employing authority must prepare a written statement of its policy in relation to the exercise of its functions under regulations 12 (power of employing authority to increase total membership of active members), 13 (power of employing authority to award additional pension), 18 (flexible retirement) and 30 (choice of early payment of pension) of the Benefits Regulations.

(2) Before the expiry of the period of three months beginning with the commencement date each employing authority must send a copy of its statement to each relevant administering authority and must publish its statement.

(3) An employing authority must–

(a)keep its statement under review; and

(b)make such revisions as are appropriate following a change in its policy.

(4) Before the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date any such revisions are made each employing authority must send a copy of its revised statement to each relevant administering authority and must publish its statement as revised.

(5) In preparing, or reviewing and making revisions to, its statement an employing authority must have regard to the extent to which the exercise of any of the functions mentioned in paragraph (1) in accordance with its policy could lead to a serious loss of confidence in the public service.

(6) In this regulation a relevant administering authority, in relation to an employing authority, is any authority which is an appropriate administering authority for that employer’s employees.

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