{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "text": "(1) The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In regulation 1(4)—\n(a) after the definition of the 2015 Scheme, insert—\n““the 2018 Regulations” means the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/141),”, and\n(b) in the definition of “the Earlier Schemes” for “and the 2009” substitute “ , the 2009 and the 2015 ”.\n(3) After regulation 3(12) insert—\n“(13) A person who is a deferred member of one of the Earlier Schemes whose benefits under those Schemes have not come into payment and the member is not an active member in local government service in employment from which the benefits arise and who has attained the age of 55 or over may elect to receive immediate payment of a retirement pension, reduced by the amount shown as appropriate in actuarial guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers, irrespective of whether the deferred pension member is also an employee in local government service.”.\n(4) In schedule 2—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(b) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 29(6) (retirement benefits: early retirement) of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(c) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 29(6) (retirement benefits: early retirement) of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(d) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 29(7) (retirement benefits: flexible retirement) of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(d) in paragraph 1(3)(a) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 29(6) or (7) of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(e) in paragraph 2(2) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 58 of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(f) in paragraph 4(2)(a)(ii) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulations 9 or 10 of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(g) in paragraph 4(2)(a)(iii) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 16 of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(h) in paragraph 4(2)(b)(iii) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 31(4) of the 2018 Regulations ”,\n(i) in paragraph 5(1) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 29(7) of the 2018 Regulations ”, and\n(j) in paragraph 6(2) after “2014 Regulations” insert “ or regulation 22 of the 2018 Regulations ”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2014/233."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 28.6.2019, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/161/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:40.012691+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."
}