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<p>The Government's approach to transposition of the two Institutions for Occupational
Retirement Provision Directives for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) reflects
the fact that it is a statutory public service scheme. The appropriate response is
therefore different than it is for other, trust-based schemes. Having taken legal
advice, our view is that the current governance arrangements of the LGPS, set out
in the LGPS Regulations and the broader suite of local authorities' statutory obligations,
are sufficient to meet the objectives of the directive. The Department of Work and
Pensions has led for the UK Government on negotiation and transposition of the directives
with the EU Commission and any request to see correspondence with the Commission should
be addressed to them.</p>
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