{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/199",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Optional contribution during absences",
  "text": "In regulation 17 for paragraph (1) substitute–\n“(1) If a member–\n(a) is away from his employment with permission (otherwise than because of illness or injury) for a continuous period of more than 30 days; and\n(b) is receiving reduced or no pay,\nhe may make contributions at the standard rate for the period after the first 30 days of his absence or, if it exceeds 36 months, for 36 months, on the pay he would have received but for his absence.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/199/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:23.442507+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."
}