{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/229",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Membership accrued before 1st April 2009: rejoining deferred members",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person–\n(a) who was a deferred member of the 1998 Scheme;\n(b) who becomes a member of the Scheme by virtue of regulation 10 (joining the scheme) of the Administration Regulations; and\n(c) whose preserved benefits under the 1998 Scheme have not yet come into payment.\n(2) The person 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": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2009, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/349",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/349",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/349",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/187",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/347",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/229",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/229/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:52.031817+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."
}