# Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Regulation 7: Leaving the Scheme

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person stops being a member if he ceases to be eligible for membership.
(2) A person may leave the Scheme if he wishes but must notify his employer accordingly 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/nisr/2002/352/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-7
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