Publications Archive

The Dyfed Pension Fund produce a variety of literature and material to aid your administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The forms held under this section are available to download.

• Scheme Guidance

  A Short Scheme Guide has been prepared as a user friendly guide for members, providing an informative insight into the main provisions and benefits of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This guide must be issued to new members within 2 months of joining the scheme, and upon member request.

  Short Scheme Guide

  • Short Scheme Guide

  Please note

  This guide is published annually and hard copies are distributed to each Employer towards the end of March / beginning of April.

• New Member Forms

  Upon commencement within the Scheme, a Starter Pack should be issued to a New Member. This pack should contain:

  • an Opting In Declaration form
  • a Declaration of Previous Pension Rights form
  • a Death Grant Expression of Wish form

  A member should also be issued a Short Scheme Guide within 2 months of joining.

  Please Note

  It is essential for each new member to complete a Declaration of Previous Pension Rights form, regardless of whether or not they wish to consider the transfer of any previous pension rights into the LGPS.

  These forms have been designed to take account of the information needed by the Fund to administer member records. Please refrain from making any amendments to these documents.

  New Member Forms

  • Opting In Declaration form

  • Declaration of Previous Pension Rights form

  • Death Grant Expression of Wish form

• Maintenance Forms

  This section contains the forms in relation to your administration of the Scheme.

  Medical certificates have also been specifically prepared to gather the information needed from your appointed Independent Registered Medical Practitioner (IRMP) in the event of an ill health retirement.

  Please Note

  These forms have been designed to take account of the information needed by the Fund to administer member records. Please refrain from making any amendments to these documents.

  If you supply your data via the i-Connect service, please note that there is no need for you to provide a New Member Starter form or Change of Circumstance form (unless you are reporting a period of authorised absence).

  Maintenance Forms

  • New Member Starter Form

  • Member Change of Circumstance form

  • Estimate of Benefits form

  • Notification of Termination form

  • Opt Out Notification form

  50/50 Election Forms

  • Election form to Join the 50/50 Section of the Scheme

  • Election form to Re-Join the Main Section of the Scheme

• Ill Health Certificates

  The ill health certificates to be applied from 1 April 2014 have been categorised into the table shown below. 

  Relevant Ill Health Certificate	Supplementary Guidance
  Active Member	Notes
  Deferred Member - Left after 2014	Notes
  Deferred Member - Left between 2008 and 2014	Notes
  Deferred Member - Left between 1998 and 2008	Notes
  Deferred Member - Left before 1998	Notes
  Tier 3 Pensioner Review - Left after 31 March 2014	Notes
  Suspended Tier 3 Pensioner - Left after 2014 - Review after 3 years	Notes
  Suspended Tier 3 Pensioner - Left after 2014 - Review within 3 years	Notes
  Suspended Tier 3 Pensioner - Left before 2014 - Review after 3 years	Notes
  Suspended Tier 3 Pensioner - Left before 2014 - Review within 3 years	Notes
  Active Councillor Member	Notes
  Deferred Councillor Member	Notes

  Please Note

  It is your responsibility, as the Scheme Employer, to supply the correct Certificate and Guidance to your appointed Independent Registered Medical Practitioner (IRMP).