{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-2008/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Eligibility for membership of employees of other bodies not listed in Schedule 2",
  "text": "(1) A person may be an active member if he is an employee of the governing body of—\n(a) a voluntary school (within the meaning of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998);\n(b) a foundation school or foundation special school (within the meaning of that Act) maintained by a local education authority; or\n(c) any technical institute or other similar institution which is for the time being assisted by a local education authority under the Education Act 1996,\nand the local education authority has, with the consent of his employer, designated him, or a class of employees to which he belongs, as being eligible for membership of the Scheme.\n(2) Such a person shall be deemed to be in employment with the relevant local education authority and all references in these Regulations to employment by or under a Scheme employer and all similar expressions shall include references to that person.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.56. See section 579(6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/2090",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/2090",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/2090",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    },
    {
      "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/8",
    "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."
}