{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-age-exceptions-for-pension-schemes-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-age-exceptions-for-pension-schemes-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2133",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act (Age Exceptions for Pension Schemes) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-age-exceptions-for-pension-schemes-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Closure of sections of schemes",
  "text": "(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": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 27 in force at 1.10.2010, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2133/schedule/1/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:48.711421+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."
}