{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006/regulation-30",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110742664",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Exception for retirement",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to an employee within the meaning of section 230(1) of the 1996 Act, a person in Crown employment, a relevant member of the House of Commons staff, and a relevant member of the House of Lords staff.\n(2) Nothing in Part 2 or 3 shall render unlawful the dismissal of a person to whom this regulation applies at or over the age of 65 where the reason for the dismissal is retirement.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation, whether or not the reason for a dismissal is retirement shall be determined in accordance with sections 98ZA to 98ZF of the 1996 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18); sections 98ZA to 98ZF are inserted by paragraph 23 of Schedule 8 to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110742664/regulation/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:16.444409+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}