# The Overseas Service Pensions (Scheme and Fund) Regulations 1966, Regulation 24: Pension at age fifty-five


(1) A contributor may at the time he becomes a participant in the Scheme elect to have this regulation applied to him instead of being subject to regulation 23.
(2) A contributor to whom this regulation applies who has paid special contributions under regulation 14(1) and who has completed not less than five years contributory service shall be granted a pension calculated in the manner prescribed in regulation 23 on attaining the age of fifty-five years, or, if he attains that age during the currency of a contract for overseas service, on the date following the date of termination of that contract, whichever is the later.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1629/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-service-pensions-scheme-and-fund-regulations-1966/regulation-24
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