{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-53.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/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Effect of increases under this Chapter for older members",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a member–\n(a) is entitled under this Chapter to count an additional period as a period of membership; and\n(b) was aged at least 45 on the first day of the earliest period of membership he is entitled to count.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the retirement pension–\n(a) to which the member would otherwise be entitled under regulation 24; or\n(b) to which he would otherwise be entitled under regulation 30 (before applying any reduction under paragraph (4) of that regulation),\nis increased by adding to it an amount which equals–\nthe member's final pay×length of additional period (in years)240.\n(3) The additional period does not count in the calculation of the standard retirement grant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 53 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": "rev",
      "affecting": "ssi/2006/514",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/366/regulation/53",
    "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."
}