Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales - Access and Fairness

Regulation 92 of the 2013 Regulations allows LGPS employers to give an ‘interim payments direction’ to the appropriate administering authority. An interim payments direction can be given once a forfeiture certificate has been issued and requires the administering authority to pay some or all of the benefits that would be due to the member whilst the LGPS employer decides whether or not to give a forfeiture direction.  

An interim payments direction may only be given where the recipient would otherwise be entitled to receive payment under the scheme, and so in practice this provision may not be commonly used, as administering authorities can continue to use the standard powers to pay benefits under the scheme up to and until the point at which a forfeiture direction is made. As such, the government believes that Regulation 92 is not necessary and proposes revoking it.