The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

Transfer of pension account entries

149.—(1) A member who has been provided with a certificate under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of regulation 146 (requirement for scheme manager to provide a certificate) must give the certificate to that member’s new scheme employer.

(2) The new scheme employer must request the scheme manager who gave the certificate to confirm that the member has provided certificates in respect of all pension accounts for which that employer was the scheme manager.

(3) After the confirmation has been provided by the scheme manager, the new scheme employer must transfer the appropriate entries from the certificate provided to the new active member’s pension account which has been established under regulation 31 (establishment of active member’s account) and where the member had an added pension account transfer the appropriate entries from the certificate provided in respect of that account to the new added pension account established under regulation 38 (establishment of added pension account).

(4) When the transfer of entries has been completed under paragraph (3), the new scheme manager must inform the former scheme manager that the transfer has taken place and the former scheme manager must close all pension accounts relating to the certificates provided in respect of that member.

(5) If the number of pension accounts in respect of which details have been provided by the former scheme manager under paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 146 (requirement for scheme manager to provide a certificate) is greater than the number of active member’s accounts established by the new scheme manager, the member must decide, following consultation with the new scheme manager, from which pension account entries should be transferred to the new active member’s account or accounts and notify the former scheme manager of this.

(6) Where paragraph (5) applies and there are one or more pension accounts from which entries are not transferred, those accounts must be closed and the former scheme manager must establish a deferred member’s account in respect of each of those accounts.

(7) Where a member has taken up scheme employment with two or more employers and intends to make an added pension election, the member may choose to which scheme manager the certificate provided under paragraph (3) or (4) of regulation 146 (requirement for scheme manager to provide a certificate) is to be given.

(8) The scheme manager is not required to make any payment to the new scheme manager in connection with the transfer of a pension account.