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What does Member mean? In local government practice, a member is an elected councillor of a local authority. They are normally chosen by the local government electors of a ward or local electoral area; casual vacancies are filled by by-election or co-option (including party nomination in Northern Ireland). Legislation in each jurisdiction uses “member” to denote councillors, including the Local Government Act 1972 (England and Wales), the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, and the Local Government Act 2001 (Ireland). Key legal features and usage: - Participates and votes at meetings of the council and its committees, representing constituents in decision‑making. -...

Cessation of DB contracted-out employment before 6 April 2016: HMRC notifications and securing COSR rights (preservation, transfer, buy-out, CEP; GMP considerations)

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THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO SCHEMES THAT WERE contracted-out salary-related SCHEMES BEFORE 6 APRIL 2016

Salary-related contracting-out (often called DB contracting-out) ended on 6 April 2016. From that date, all contracted-out members were no longer in contracted-out employment. For further detail, see Practice Note: Abolition of DB contracting-out—an introduction [Archived]. For broader context on contracting-out, see Practice Note: What does ‘contracting-out’ mean for pension lawyers?

This Practice Note sets out the factors that applied where a member of a contracted-out salary-related (COSR) scheme stopped being in contracted-out employment:

before 6 April 2016, and
while the scheme still qualified as a COSR scheme

Be aware that different issues arose where, before 6 April 2016, a member ceased to be in contracted-out employment because the scheme itself stopped being a COSR scheme. For the applicable considerations in those circumstances, see Practice Note: Considerations where scheme ceased to be a COSR scheme before 6 April 2016 [Archived].

When would a member cease to be in contracted-out employment?

Before 6 April 2016, a member would cease to be in contracted-out...

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