# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998, Regulation 6: Joining the Scheme

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) A person who wishes to become an active member must apply in writing to his employer or future employer.
(2) An eligible person who applies before he begins his employment becomes a member when his employment begins unless he applies to join later.
(3) An eligible employee who applies becomes a member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.
(4) A payment period is a period of service to which the employee’s wages or salary payment relate.
(5) An employee is deemed to have applied to become a member, unless he notified his employer in writing that he did not wish to become a member–
(a) before his employment began; or
(b) if he only became eligible to be a member later, before the date he became eligible.
(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to–
(a) casual employees; or
(b) former members who opted to leave the Scheme by a notification under regulation 7.
(7) An application for membership may be withdrawn before membership begins.
(8) A former active member may reapply for membership.
(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (8), a person who has given more than one notification under regulation 7 may reapply again only if–
(a) his employer or future employer consents;
(b) he is beginning a new employment with a new employing authority and he reapplies before he has been employed for three months; or
(c) he is an individual who during any period has been eligible to be a member but has instead made contributions to a personal pension scheme and has suffered loss as a result of a contravention which is actionable under section 62 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (actions for damages in respect of contravention of rules etc. made under the Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/366/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-6
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