Pension Discretion Statement

Under Regulation 58 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2014, each employer participating in the scheme is required to formulate a policy concerning the exercise of certain discretions contained within the regulations.

The South East of Scotland Regional Transport Partnership after careful consideration and having regard to the extent to which the exercise of the functions could lead to a serious loss of confidence in the public service, has decided to exercise its discretions in the following way

The statement is applicable to all employees of South East of Scotland Regional Transport Partnership who are eligible to be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme.