{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-severance-payments-regulations-2006/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-severance-payments-regulations-2006/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/471",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Severance Payments) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-governance-scotland-act-2004-severance-payments-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Persons not eligible for severance payment",
  "text": "(1) The persons described in paragraphs (2) to (4) of this Regulation are not eligible for a severance payment.\n(2) A person who, immediately prior to the date of the next ordinary election to be held, is either–\n(a) a member of the Scottish Parliament, or\n(b) a member of the United Kingdom Parliament, or\n(c) a member of the European Parliament.\n(3) A person who was elected for the first time as a member of a local authority at the ordinary election held on 1st May 2003.\n(4) A person who was elected for the first time as a member of a local authority at a by-election subsequent to the ordinary election held on 1st May 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/471/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:52.180957+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."
}