Schedule 2 – The Panel Section 143 – Functions relating to members’ pensions
166.Enables the IRP to determine which elected members (not co-opted members) of such authorities as are or become eligible members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) shall be entitled to pensions. The current remit of the IRP is limited to recommending which elected members of a county or county borough council should be entitled to pensions under section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.