55.1  Service Provider to Become an Admission Body

Where the Service Provider or a relevant sub-contractor employs any Eligible Employees from a Relevant Transfer Date and wishes to offer those Eligible Employees membership of the LGPS, the Service Provider shall procure that it and/or each relevant sub-contractor shall become an Admission Body.  The Service Provider shall before the Relevant Transfer Date execute and procure that each relevant sub-contractor executes a Service Provider Admission Agreement which will have effect from and including the Relevant Transfer Date.