# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Paragraph 26: Exercising the effective pension age option

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

(1) A member may exercise an effective pension age option by notice to the scheme manager in any form the scheme manager may require (“the option notice”).
(2) The option notice must state the effective pension age which is to apply under the option.
(3) A member may exercise an effective pension age option more than once.
(4) A member may not exercise an effective pension age option during—
(a) a period of assumed pay; or
(b) any scheme year in which the member has reached the overall limit of extra pension for that year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/schedule/1/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-26
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