{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General eligibility for membership",
  "text": "(1) A person may only be an active member if–\n(a) this regulation, regulation 4 (employees of non-scheme employers: community admission bodies) to 7 (eligibility in certain cases of persons who are not employers); or\n(b) regulation 3(3) (active members) of the Benefits Regulations,\nenables the person to be one and the person is not prevented from being one by regulation 9 (further restrictions on eligibility).\n(2) A person may be a member if the person is employed by a body which is listed in Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/93",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/228",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/228/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:50.357537+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."
}