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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "asp/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Condition 3 of new scheme rule 72(1) does not apply in relation to an individual who participated in the scheme before the new rules day (but such an individual is entitled to a short service refund only if he or she has fewer than 2 years total reckonable service).\n(2) Any sums deducted from the salary of such an individual in accordance with Part D of the 1999 scheme rules are to be treated for the purposes of new scheme rule 72(2) as being scheme member contributions made by the individual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/1/schedule/3/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:42.892423+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}