# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 9


In regulation 34 (early leavers: ill-health)—
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where a councillor member ceases to be a member of the member's local authority on the grounds of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body before reaching normal pension age, the member is entitled to and must take early payment of a retirement pension if that member satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3) of this regulation.”; and
(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The condition is that the member is, as a result of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body, permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that local authority office.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/141/schedule/5/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-9
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