{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-25",
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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/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Normal retirement",
  "text": "(1) If a member who has attained his normal retirement age retires from a local government employment, he is entitled to a pension and retirement grant.\n(2) The pension and grant are payable immediately.\n(3) The normal retirement date (“NRD”) of a member who was not a member immediately before the commencement date is his 65th birthday.\n(4) The NRD of a member who was a member immediately before the commencement date is—\n(a) if on the day before his 60th birthday he has total membership of at least 25 years, that birthday;\n(b) if the date when he first has such total membership is on or after his 60th birthday but before his 65th birthday, the day after that date; and\n(c) otherwise, his 65th birthday.\n(5) A member's normal retirement age is his age on his NRD.\n(6) If a member's NRD or normal retirement age needs to be determined before he attains that age, it must be assumed that his local government employment and membership will be continuous.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words deleted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/770",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3401",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "deleted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/770",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/3372",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "restored",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1903",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/966",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/25",
    "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."
}