# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Paragraph 37: Exercise of option

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

(1) An enhanced effective pension age option may only be exercised—
(a) by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“the option notice”); and
(b) with the approval of the Minister.
(2) An option notice must state the enhanced effective pension age which is to apply under the option.
(3) A member may not exercise an enhanced 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/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-37
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