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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1481",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Periods of membership",
  "text": "In regulation 9, after paragraph (6), add—\n“(7) Periods of membership before and after any unpaid period of maternity absence or period of parental leave in respect of which the member does not pay any contributions shall be treated as continuous.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1481/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:50:26.367515+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."
}