Moved by
Lord Newby
48: Schedule 8, page 42, line 37, at end insert—
“Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)
In Schedule 4 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (transfer of employees etc of Legal Services Commission), in paragraph 4 (pension schemes), after sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—
“(2A) Where an individual who is employed in the civil service of the State by virtue of paragraph 1(1)—
(a) was a member of a relevant LSC scheme immediately before the transfer day,
(b) had been a member of that scheme immediately before 1 April 2012, and
(c) becomes, on or after the transfer day, a member of a civil service scheme,
the individual is to be regarded, for the purposes of section 18(5) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, as having been a member of the civil service scheme immediately before 1 April 2012.
(2B) In sub-paragraph (2A)—
(a) “relevant LSC scheme” means a scheme made or treated as made under paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 1 to the Access to Justice Act 1999;
(b) “civil service scheme” means a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972.””