{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-2008/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-2008/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Applications to make absence contributions",
  "text": "(1) To make contributions under regulation 18(5), 20 or 21(6)(a) a person must apply to his employing authority in writing before the expiry of a period of 30 days beginning with the day—\n(a) on which he returns to work, if he returns to work following the absence; or\n(b) on which he ceases to be employed, if he ceases to be employed by that authority without returning to work.\n(2) In either case, the authority may allow a longer period.\n(3) A person’s personal representatives may make an application under paragraph (1) if the person has died without making an application.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/239",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/239/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:03.256641+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."
}