Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007
9. In regulation 18 (flexible retirement)(1), for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A member who has attained the age of 55 and who, with his or her employer’s consent reduces the hours he or she works, or the grade in which he or she is employed may make a request in writing to the appropriate administering authority to receive —
(a)in the case of a member who has accrued benefits under the 1997 Scheme—
(i)all of the benefits from his or her current membership under that Scheme; and
(ii)all, part or none of his or her benefits accrued under these Regulations; and
(b)in any other case, all or part of his or her benefits accrued under these Regulations,
and such benefits may, with the member’s employer’s consent, be paid to the member notwithstanding that he or she has not retired from that employment.”.
Regulation 18 was amended by S.I. 2008/1083 and S.I. 2010/2090.