{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Deferred 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 of the Scheme 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 of membership, in relation to a different period of membership.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/188/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:17.575135+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."
}