# The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990, Regulation 16: Entitlement to retirement pension and retiring allowance


In regulation E2 of the principal Regulations –
(a) in paragraph (6)(c)(ii), for the words “any employment”, there shall be substituted the words “any local government employment,”;
(b) for paragraphs (7) and (8) there shall be substituted the following:–
“(7) Subject to paragraph (11), benefits to which a man has become entitled by virtue of paragraph (1)(d) are payable–
(a) if he has ceased to hold the employment before he attained the age of 65 years and has made an election by notice in writing given to the employing authority not later than 3 months after ceasing to hold the employment, immediately on the cessation of that employment;
(b) if he has ceased to hold the employment before he attained the age of 65 years and has not made an election referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above, from the date on which he attains the age of 65 years;
(c) if he has ceased to hold the employment on or after attaining the age of 65 years, immediately on the cessation of that employment.
(8) Benefits to which a woman has become entitled by virtue of paragraph (1)(d) are payable from the first date on which she has both attained the age of 60 years and is no longer in any local government employment.”;
(c) after paragraph (9)(c) there shall be added the following:–
“or
(d) if the employing body has certified, under regulation E24, that he had suffered a material change in circumstances.”;
(d) in paragraph (11), for the words “(6) or (8)(a)”, there shall be substituted the words “(6) or (7)(a)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/422/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-16
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