Resolution or designating bodies

Overview

A resolution body, sometimes referred to as a designating body, is a type of scheduled body that can choose whether it offers LGPS membership to its employees. The most common types of resolution bodies are:

• precepting authorities such as town and parish council’s
• levying bodies such as internal drainage boards
• subsidiaries and other bodies controlled or funded by a scheduled body
• other bodies listed in part 2 of schedule 2 of the LGPS regulations.

Resolution bodies have an automatic right to take part in the LGPS. They can decide which employees (if any) are eligible for membership of the LGPS, as long as they’re not eligible for another public sector pension scheme, in that employment.

How to join

To become an employer in the Fund, a resolution must be passed designating an employee or group of employees as being eligible for membership of the LGPS. You can choose if this is a single named employee, particular job role(s) or a group of employees. You must specify this in the resolution. We’ll need to see a copy of the resolution, usually a copy of the official minutes of the council or board meeting where the resolution was passed.

Get in touch

You should get in touch before making the resolution. This is so we can give you the information to decide if the LGPS is right for the organisation. There are certain risks and obligations that you’ll need to be aware of when making your decision. We’ll also need to:

• set up a funding and contribution plan
• discuss your roles and responsibilities
• discuss several practical issues like the:
  • payment of pension contributions
  • process for providing monthly membership data.

Find out more

You can find out more about:

• joining the Fund
• how your contribution plan will be worked out and
• other policies about participating in the Fund

in our employer policies on our key documents pages.

You should pay particular attention to our:

• Funding strategy statement
• Admitted bodies, scheme employers and bulk transfers policy
• Administration strategy.