{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2931",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Closure of sections of schemes",
  "text": "After paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 insert—\n“Closure of sections of schemes\n25A. (1) The closure of any section of a scheme, from a particular date, to workers who have not already joined it.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) a scheme may be divided into two or more sections, and\n(b) a section of a scheme shall mean any of the groups in sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) A section of a scheme shall mean any of the following—\n(a) any group of members who became eligible to join, or who joined, the scheme on, after or before a particular date on the basis that particular benefits will be provided to or in respect of those members or that a particular level of contributions will be paid in respect of those members; or\n(b) any group of members who became eligible to join, or who joined, the scheme as a result of a block transfer or relevant transfer.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2931/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:16:35.033214+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."
}