{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/238",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Membership accrued before 1st April 2008: deferred members",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person—\n(a) who was a deferred member of the 1997 Scheme;\n(b) who becomes a member of the Scheme by virtue of regulation 13 of the Administration Regulations; and\n(c) whose preserved benefits under the 1997 Scheme have not yet come into payment.\n(2) He may choose, by notice in writing to the appropriate administering authority within 12 months of becoming a member of the Scheme under paragraph (1)(b), to be treated as if regulation 3 applied.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/238",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/238/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:03.919629+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."
}