Amendment of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Regulations 1998
6. In regulation 8 (power to award credited period for compensation purposes)–
(a)in paragraph (1), after “regulation 51 of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulation 12 or 13 of the Benefits Regulations”;
(b)for paragraph (1)(c), substitute–
“(c)the aggregate of–
(i)his effective membership;
(ii)any periods which count as periods of superannuable membership (as defined in regulation 9 of the LGPS Regulations) and any increase in membership under regulation 13 of the Transitional Regulations (or, if he is an assumed member, would count or, as the case may be, would apply or be awarded apart from a relevant disqualification and on the relevant assumptions); and
(iii)any periods which count as periods of membership (as defined in regulation 7 of the Benefits Regulations) and any increase in total membership under regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations (or, if he is an assumed member, would count or, as the case may be, would apply or be awarded apart from a relevant disqualification and on the relevant assumptions); or”; and
(c)in paragraph (7)(b)(i), for “of the” to the end substitute “of the LGPS Regulations or regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations”.