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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/366",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "General qualification for benefits",
  "text": "(1) Membership of the Scheme entitles the member to benefits under this Chapter only if–\n(a) his total membership is at least two years; or\n(b) a transfer value is credited to him.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply–\n(a) to a benefit under regulation 24 (normal retirement) in a case where the member’s normal retirement date is his 65th birthday or under regulation 27(3) (ill-health grants); or\n(b) to benefits in respect of a member under regulation 37 (death grants), regulation 39 (surviving spouse’s short-term pension), regulation 40 (surviving spouse’s long-term pension) regulation 44 (children’s short-term pensions) or regulation 45 (children’s long-term pensions).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/366",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/199",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/554",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pensions Etc. (Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/366/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:18.437535+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."
}