{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2356",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Deferred and deferred pensioner members",
  "text": "(1) A person is a deferred member of the Scheme in relation to an employment if—\n(a) the person has qualifying service for a period of at least two years;\n(b) the person is no longer an active member in relation to that employment;\n(c) the person has not started to receive any pension under the Scheme in relation to that employment; and\n(d) the person has not reached the age of 75.\n(2) A person may be a deferred member of the Scheme in relation to one period of membership notwithstanding the fact that the same person is a member in the same or a different category in relation to a different period of membership.\n(3) A person who was in receipt of Tier 3 benefits is a deferred pensioner member of the Scheme whilst those benefits are discontinued under regulation 37(3) or (7)(c).\n(4) A person may be a deferred pensioner member of the Scheme in relation to one period of membership notwithstanding the fact that the same person is a member in the same or a different category in relation to a different period of membership.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(1) applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Wandsworth and Richmond Fund Merger) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1241), regs. 1(2), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2356/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:57.304771+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."
}