# The Superannuation (Local Government and Overseas Employment) Interchange Rules 1969, Article 3: Meaning of “prescribed period”


(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule expression “prescribed period” in these rules means a period of 12 months after the date on which a person left local government employment or, as the case may be, overseas employment, and in the case of a person who immediately after leaving such employment became engaged in national service, a period of 6 months after the termination of that service.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) of this rule to a period of 12 months shall be construed in relation to a person to whom section 6 of the Act of 1948 applies (which makes special provisions as to local government superannuation during periods of emergency) as a reference to a period of 5 years or such longer period as the Minister may in any particular case allow.
(3) Without prejudice to paragraph (2) of this rule, the first fund authority may—
(a) in respect of a person who has left local government employment, extend either of the periods referred to in paragraph (1);
(b) in respect of a person who has left one overseas employment and entered further overseas employment, extend the period of 12 months referred to in paragraph (1);
(c) in respect of a person who has left overseas employment and reentered local government employment, extend the period of 21 months referred to in paragraph (1) if—
(i) the person notifies the second fund authority that he desires rule 11 to apply to him, and
(ii) the second fund authority consent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/975/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-local-government-and-overseas-employment-interchange-rules-1969/article-3
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