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Regulation Changes

• New Look LGPS Consultation on draft Statutory Ill Health Guidance (184 KB, Acrobat PDF) and covering letter (306 KB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 12 August 2008)
  
  
• New Look LGPS Administration (228 KB, Acrobat PDF) and Transitional Provisions (38.1 KB, Acrobat PDF) Regulations, covering letter (287 KB, Acrobat PDF) and explanatory memo (16.3 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Ministerial Statement - 85 Year Rule Consultation - letter (499 KB, Acrobat PDF) & Statement (21 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Final draft pending publication of LGPS (Administration) Regulations 2007 (269 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Consultation on 3rd tier of ill-health retirement (330 KB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 12 January 2008)
  
  
• Consultation on LGPS (Amendment)(No.4) Regulations - letter (311 KB, Acrobat PDF) & Draft Regulations (27 KB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 14 November 2007)
  
  
• Consultation on draft LGPS Admin Regs 2007 (1.08 MB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 25 July 2007)
  
  
• LGPS Benefit Regs 2007 - contents list (47 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Consultation on 85 year rule taper - letter (574 KB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 13 June 2007)
  
  
• Consultation on 2007 Administration Regulations - letter (271 KB, Acrobat PDF) & Draft Regulations (1.29 MB, Acrobat PDF)  (closing date for comments 23 March 2007)
  
  
• Consultation on 1997 Regulations Amendment - Administration and Governance.  Closing date for comments 23 March 2007
  1997 Regs Consultation - Admin and Governance (395 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• New Look LGPS - Clarification letter from DCLG February 2007

DCLG Clarification - Feb 07 (507 KB, Acrobat PDF)


• LGPS Amendment 2007 (298 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• LGPS (Benefits, Membership & Contributions) Regulations 2007 (925 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Regulatory Impact Assessment (539 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• 8 May 2006 Discretionary Compensation regulation change consultation letter from DCLG

Draft Regulations Consultation Letter (39.9 KB, Acrobat PDF)


• May 2006 Draft Regulation Consultation Document

Draft Regulations Consultation - 26 May 2006 (72.2 KB, Acrobat PDF)


• 31 March 2006 Regulation changes letter from ODPM
  Letter from the ODPM (63.4 KB, Acrobat PDF) and 2006 Amendment Regulations (128 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Consultation on Removal of 85 Year Rule and Tax Simplification
  ODPM Letter (102 KB, Acrobat PDF), Draft Amendment Regulation (372 KB, Acrobat PDF), Regulation Impact Assessment (129 KB, Acrobat PDF), Addendum (102 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Regulation Amendment requiring Governance and Communication Policies December 2005
  ODPM Letter (63.2 KB, Acrobat PDF), Statutory Instrument (87.4 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Regulation Amendment - Civil Partnerships December 2005
  ODPM Letter (63.2 KB, Acrobat PDF), Statutory Instrument (87.4 KB, Acrobat PDF)
  
  
• Consultation on Civil Partnerships - letter (63 KB, Acrobat PDF) and draft (76 KB, Acrobat PDF) amendments, responses by 16 September
  
• Regulation Amendment Covering Letter July 2005 (42 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Regulation Revocation Statutory Instrument July 2005 (47 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Regulation Revocation Final Statement July 2005 (17 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Employee Newsflash - Local Government Pensions Scheme Changes Revoked July 2005 (40 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Employee Newsflash - Regulations April 2005 (29 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Consultation Letter - Regulations April 2005 (51 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Draft amendments - Regulations April 2005 (37 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Update on Changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (10 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Pensions Bulletin - New Regulations as from 1 April 2005 (71 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Regulation changes 2005 - notes and guidance (28.8 KB, Acrobat PDF)
• Pensions Bulletin - New Regulations as from 1 April 2004 (48.5 KB, Acrobat PDF)

Proposed New Look Scheme for 2008

• Summary of New Look 2008M (51.9 KB, Acrobat PDF)

• Facing the future - Principles and propositions for an affordable and sustainable Local
  Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales