The Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986

1.—(1) Subject to paragraph 2, the maximum length of the period in respect of which payment may be made under regulation CS or C6 or which may be specified in a resolution under regulation D7 is A - B, where—

A is the number of years specified in column (2) of the Table below against the age which the person had attained at the appropriate time, and

B is the period he would otherwise be entitled to reckon as reckonable service in relation to his local government employment if he continued in it until he attained the age of 65 years.

TABLE

(1)	(2)
Age attained	Number of years
Any age less than 55	40
55	32
56	24
57	16
58	8
59	0

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the appropriate time is the first day of the earliest period that the person is entitled to reckon as reckonable service in relation to his local government employment.

(3) Where that period is one of service under an officer of a scheduled body or former local authority, or one during which the person was subject to a non-local government scheme other than one which was or became a statutory scheme, the appropriate time is the first day of the earliest period of local government employment that the person is entitled to reckon as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).