# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, Regulation 8: Separate employments etc.

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) Where a person holds separate employments under one employing authority, these Regulations and the Benefits Regulations apply as if each of them were under a different employer.
(2) This paragraph applies where a whole time or a part-time employee of an employing authority is also employed to carry out one or more of the additional duties.
(3) The additional duties are duties as–
(a) a returning officer at–
(i) local government elections; or
(ii) elections for the Scottish Parliament; or
(b) an acting returning officer (including as a regional or local returning officer at a European Parliamentary election which are required by regulations made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the European Assembly Elections Act 1978 to be discharged by a returning officer).
(4) This paragraph applies where, immediately before 1st April 1974, an employee mentioned in paragraph (2) was in whole time or part time employment and had duties which included one or more of the additional duties.
(5) Where paragraphs (2) or (4) apply, each additional duty must be treated as a separate variable time employment with a different employing authority from the employing authority with whom the employee is in the whole time or, as the case may be, part time employment.
(6) Where–
(a) paragraph (2) applies; and
(b) paragraph (4) does not apply,
the employee’s employment to carry out an additional duty (or duties) must be treated as a single separate variable time employment with a different Scheme employer.
(7) A person who–
(a) is a member in any employment; and
(b) is also a medical inspector of immigrants appointed under the Immigration Act 1971 who receives his or her pay in that appointment from a Scheme employer listed in Schedule 2,
is eligible to be an active member in that appointment and shall be deemed to be in the employment of that Scheme employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/228/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-8
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