Amendment of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

11.  In regulation 17 (cessation of new employment)–

(a) in paragraph (3), after “Part II of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulation 6 of the Benefits Regulations (benefits)”; and

(b) for paragraph (4), substitute–

“(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the effective service of a person includes–

(a) reckonable service within the meaning of the LGPS Regulations which, but for this paragraph, would be excluded by virtue of regulation 8(4) of the LGPS Regulations (exclusion of periods in respect of which transfer values paid); and

(b) total membership within the meaning of the Benefits Regulations which, but for this paragraph, would be excluded by virtue of regulation 12(2) of the Administration Regulations (periods of membership).”.