# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998, Regulation 133: Transfers under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 etc: early leavers

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) Where–
(a) a person leaves an employment in relation to which he is an active member because he is transferred to another employment in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2); and
(b) apart from this paragraph, he would not be treated for regulation 30 (early leavers) as leaving a local government employment,
he must be so treated for that regulation.
(2) Those circumstances are–
(a) that he leaves that employment as a result of a transfer to another employment which is–
(i) an employment with the same employing authority at lower pay, or
(ii) an employment with a different employing authority; and
(b) that transfer is made by virtue of or in consequence of–
(i) an order made under section 8 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 or that section as extended by sections 97 and 137 of that Act; or
(ii) the transfer to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency under section 22(1)(b)(ii) of the Environment Act 1995 of the property, rights and liabilities of a local authority in Scotland (as defined in section 56 of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/366/regulation/133 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-133
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