# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Regulation 5: Ending active membership


(1) A person stops being a member in an employment if the person stops being eligible for membership in that employment.
(2) A person who wishes to leave the Scheme must notify his or her employer in writing.
(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.
(4) A member who gives notice under paragraph (2) stops being a member in the specified employment from the date the notification specifies.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/141/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-5
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