Regulation 26 Redundancy etc.

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 26 applied by Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) 2000 reg. 10(1)(a)
reg. 26 applied by Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) 2000 reg. 11(2)(a)
reg. 26(1) word substituted by Local Government Pension Scheme 2004 reg. 4
reg. 26(1) restored by Local Government Pension Scheme 2005 reg. 3 4

(1)

If—

(a)

a member who is aged 50 or more retires from a local government employment; and

(b)

his employing authority certify the reason for his retirement was his redundancy,

he is entitled to a pension and retirement grant.

(2)

The pension and grant are payable immediately.

(3)

But a person who is notified under regulation 15 of the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 1994^f1 about compensation due because regulation 9 of those Regulations applies to his retirement may waive his right to immediate payment by notice in writing to his employing authority.

(4)

In paragraph (1) “redundancy” includes retirement in the interests of efficiency, or because the member held a joint appointment which has been ended because the other holder has left it.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1994/3025; amended by S.I. 1996/456.