# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Regulation 65: Partial retirement option notice

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A partial retirement option may only be exercised—
(a) by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“option notice”); and
(b) in the 3 months after P’s pensionable earnings are reduced, on a date agreed by the member and the scheme manager.
(2) An option notice must specify—
(a) whether P claims payment of—
(i) the whole of P’s accrued pensions; or
(ii) part only of P’s accrued pensions; and
(b) if P claims payment of part only–
(i) the descriptions of accrued pension for which payment is claimed; and
(ii) the proportion of each description of accrued pension for which payment is claimed (“option proportion”), which must comply with regulation 66.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/regulation/65 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/regulation-65
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