Charges in respect of pension sharing costs

156.  - (1) The administering authority may recover from the parties involved in pension sharing charges as set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The charges referred to in paragraph (1) are any costs reasonably incurred by the administering authority in connection with pension sharing activity other than those costs specified in paragraph (3).

(3) The costs specified in this paragraph are any costs which are not directly related to the costs which arise in relation to an individual case.

(4) The administering authority shall, before a pension sharing order is made, inform the member or his spouse the member, his spouse or his civil partner (SI2005/554), as the case may be, in writing of its intention to recover costs incurred with any description of pension sharing activity and provide the member or his spouse the member, his spouse or his civil partner (SI2005/554) , as the case may be, with a written schedule of changes in accordance with regulations which may be made by the Secretary of State under section 41(1) of the 1999 Act.

Excluded membership
157.  - (1) Pension credit rights or pension credit benefits may not be aggregated with any other rights or benefits under the Scheme (including those attributable to a different pension credit).

(2) Where a pension credit member is also an active member, he may not count any period which may count for any purpose in connection with his pension credit benefit towards any membership period required under the Scheme.

Appropriate fund and appropriate administering authority
158. For a pension credit member - 

(a) the appropriate fund is the fund which is the appropriate fund for the transferor on the transfer date; and

(b) his appropriate administering authority is the administering authority of the fund.

Assignment
159. Except as may be required by law, or is necessary in law to give effect to a pension sharing order or is otherwise permitted for the purpose of this Part of the Scheme, pension credit benefits under the Scheme may not be assigned, charged or otherwise made subject to a security.

Application of Part VI to deferred members and pensioner members under the 1987 Regulations
160. Part VI shall apply to those persons listed in Regulation 4(2)(a) of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998.

(SI2001/23)