# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997, Regulation 8: Leaving the Scheme


(1) A person may leave the Scheme if he wishes and stops being a member if he stops being eligible for membership.
(2) A person who wishes to leave the Scheme must notify his employer in writing.
(3) A member who gives such a notification stops being a member from the date the notification specifies.
(4) But, if a date earlier than the notification or no date is specified, he stops being a member at the end of the payment period during which the notification is given.
(5) Where notification is given by a person before he has been a member for three months, he must be treated as not having been a member in that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-8
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