{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-D9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-D9.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/177",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/D9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "D9",
  "heading": "Retirement at or after 60 but before NRD",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, if a member who ceases to hold a local government employment after attaining the age of 60 but before his NRD satisfies the relevant conditions, he is entitled—\n(a) to a standard retirement pension (reduced in accordance with regulation D13), and\n(b) to a standard retirement grant (so reduced),\nwhich are payable immediately on his ceasing to hold that employment.\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) that the member has a statutory pension entitlement;\n(b) that he duly makes an election for his retirement benefits to be payable immediately on his ceasing local government employment.\n(3) An election under this regulation shall be made by notice in writing to the Committee given within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the member ceases to hold local government employment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.4.2015) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/189), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 2 (with savings and transitional provisions in reg. 3, Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. D9 in operation at 1.8.2000 with effect in accordance with reg. A1(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/177/regulation/D9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:32.787353+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."
}