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New-look Local Government Pension Scheme from April 2008

The primary legislation governing the new look lgps, effective from 1 April 2008 is now in place, though a number of final amendments are yet to go before Parliament, in particular the planned provisions for the third tier of ill-health award. Watch this space for the latest developments.

Nomination of Cohabiting Partners

The new Scheme introduces the provision for a dependant’s pension to be paid to a nominated, co-habiting partner. This option applies only to those who are or were active members of the LGPS on or after 1 April 2008 and is not available to deferred or pensioner members who left before that date. Such a pension would be based on your membership after 05/04/1988 and would be payable following your death to someone that you have nominated. To create a nomination, a written declaration signed by both the nominator and the nominee must be sent to the Administering Authority which states that for a period of at least two years, the following criteria have been met:

  • There is financial dependence by the nominee on the nominator, or interdependence between both parties
  • Both parties have been free to marry or enter into a civil partnership with each other
  • They have been co-habiting as husband and wife, or as civil partners

You can download a nomination form for cohabiting partners (PDF - 49KB)

Pension Paydays 2008/2009

The pay dates for pensions are available for the period April 2008 to March 2009.

View pension paydays (PDF - 111KB).

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