{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-superannuation-and-compensation-regulations-1990/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-superannuation-and-compensation-regulations-1990/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/521",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Superannuation and Compensation) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-superannuation-and-compensation-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Right to opt out",
  "text": "Regulation 2 above shall not apply to any person to whom at any time before 1st April 1990 any benefit (including a return of contributions and any pension payable to a widow or any dependent by virtue of a surrender) was being paid or became or might have become payable if—\n(a) he is placed by that regulation in a worse position than he would have been in if it had not applied in relation to that benefit, and\n(b) that regulation applies in relation to a benefit paid or payable in respect of a person who—\n(i) ceased before 1st April 1990 to hold an employment in respect of which he was a pensionable employee, or\n(ii) died before that date while still in such an employment, and\n(c) the first-mentioned person, by notice in writing given to the appropriate administering authority within 3 months after 1st April 1990, elects that regulation 2 shall not apply to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/521/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:24:59.898291+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."
}