{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Civil servants transferred to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency",
  "text": "In regulation 21(3), insert after sub-paragraph (a) as a new sub-paragraph:–\n“(aa) After paragraph (1) add the following as a new paragraph:–\n“(1A) If a member leaves a local government employment (or is treated for these Regulations as if he had done so) on or after age 50 he may elect to receive payment of his retirement benefits immediately.””.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}