{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1612",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "General qualification for benefits",
  "text": "(1) Membership of the Scheme only entitles the member to benefits under this Chapter if—\n(a) his total membership is at least two years, or\n(b) a transfer value is credited to him.\n(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply—\n(a) to a benefit under regulation 25 (normal retirement) in a case where the member's normal retirement date is his 65th birthday or under regulation 27(3) (ill-health grants); or\n(b) to benefits in respect of a member under regulation 38 (death grants), regulation 40 (surviving spouse’s short-term pension), regulation 45 (children’s short-term pensions) or regulation 46 (children’s long-term pensions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/573",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/573",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3069",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Civil Partnership) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:30.691853+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."
}