{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-local-government-and-approved-employment-interchange-rules-1969/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-local-government-and-approved-employment-interchange-rules-1969/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1969/997",
  "legislation_title": "The Superannuation (Local Government and Approved Employment) Interchange Rules 1969>",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-local-government-and-approved-employment-interchange-rules-1969",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Extension of time",
  "text": "(1) A fund authority and pension scheme trustees may at any time, on the application of a person who desires these rules to apply to him, agree to extend any of the following periods, namely—\n(a) the periods of 6 and of 12 months referred to in rule 4(1) and\n(b) the periods of 3 and of 6 months referred to in rules 6 and 10 within which the person must notify in writing that he desires these rules to apply to him.\n(2) A fund authority or pension scheme trustees may, in respect of a person required to furnish particulars in writing of national service or pay any sum described in rule 6(c) or 10(a) (iii), at any time extend, on the application of that person, the period of 3 or of 6 months referred to in rule 6 or 10, as the case may be, within which he must take such action; and when the person receives notice in writing of their approval of his application, he shall be deemed to have complied with the relevant condition specified in that rule.\n(3) Rules 16 and 17 shall not apply to a person in respect of whom a period is extended under paragraph (1) of this rule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/997/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:10:14.607915+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."
}