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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-regulations-1987/schedule-16/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1850",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If—\n(a) during the 13 years ending on the cessation of the person’s previous local government employment his remuneration was reduced; and\n(b) his employing authority certified under regulation E24 that the reduction was in consequence of a material change in circumstances; and\n(c) his annual rate of remuneration immediately before the reduction, ascertained on similar principles to those in paragraph 4, was greater than the annual rate of remuneration on the date on which he ceased to be employed in his previous local government employment,\nit is to be assumed for the purposes of this Part that he was earning at the higher rate at the date on which he ceased to be employed in his previous local government employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/802",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/414",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/364",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/422",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing (Scotland) (Superannuation Fund) Regulations 1989"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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