{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Ending active membership",
  "text": "(1) A person stops being a member in an employment if the person stops being eligible for membership in that employment.\n(2) A person who wishes to leave the Scheme must notify his or her employer in writing.\n(3) A person with more than one employment may leave the Scheme if the person wishes in respect of one, some or all of the employments.\n(4) A member who gives notice under paragraph (2) stops being a member in the specified employment from the date the notification specifies.\n(5) But, if a date earlier than the notification or no date is specified, the member stops being a member at the end of the payment period during which the notification is given.\n(6) Where notice is given by a person before that person has been a member for 3 months, that person must be treated as not having been a member in that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/141/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:56.289150+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."
}