Scheduled bodies

Overview

A scheduled body is a local government employer like:

• local authorities (county councils, district/borough councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan districts, London boroughs)
• police and fire authorities (civilian staff only)
• coroners
• academy trusts (non-teaching staff only)
• sixth form colleges
• higher education corporations
• other bodies listed in part 1 of schedule 2 of the LGPS regulations

Scheduled bodies must enrol eligible employees into the LGPS. This usually means any employee not eligible for another public sector pension scheme in that employment. They will also need to meet the general eligibility criteria.

How to join

There’s no formal joining process for scheduled bodies. Most scheduled bodies already exist but there are some circumstances where a new scheduled body may be created. For example, when an LEA school converts to an academy trust, or a new local authority is created because of local government reorganisation.

Get in touch

You must get in touch with us as soon as possible and certainly before anyone starts employment. This is because we’ll need to:

• set up a funding and contribution plan
• discuss the roles and responsibilities of the new employer
• agree how any legacy issues will be dealt with
• 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.