{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-166",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-166.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/166",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "166",
  "heading": "Forfeiture and set-off: procedure",
  "text": "(1) If the scheme manager proposes to withhold benefits or apply a set-off against a person’s entitlement to benefits, the scheme manager must notify the person of the proposal in writing.\n(2) If the scheme manager withholds benefits under regulation 164 (forfeiture: relevant monetary obligations and relevant monetary losses) or applies a set-off against an entitlement to benefits under regulation 165 (set-off), the scheme manager must give the member a certificate showing—\n(a) the amount withheld or set off; and\n(b) the effect of the withholding or set-off on the member, surviving partner or eligible child’s benefits under this scheme.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 166 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/19/regulation/166",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:31:38.589226+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."
}