{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/371",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Right to opt out",
  "text": "No provision of these Regulations shall apply to any person to whom at any time before 1st April 1989 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 provision in a worse position than he would have been in if it had not applied in relation to that benefit, and\n(b) that provision relates to a benefit paid or payable in respect of a person who–\n(i) ceased before 1st April 1989 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 1989, elects that that provision 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/1989/371/regulation/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:48:18.713298+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."
}