Procedure for applications under regulation 2.F.8
2.F.9—(1) An application under regulation 2.F.8–
(a)must be made in writing;
(b)must specify the scheme or arrangement from which the transfer value payment is to be made and the anticipated amount of the payment;
(c)except in the case of a member whose transfer value payment is from a corresponding health service scheme may only be made during the period of one year beginning with the day on which the applicant becomes eligible to be an active member of the scheme;
(d)must be made before the applicant reaches the age of 65;
(e)if the Scottish Ministers so require, may only be made if the member has first requested a statement–
(i)in the case of a transfer made under the public sector transfer arrangements, of the service that the member will be entitled to count as a result of the transfer if the payment is accepted by the Scottish Ministers; and
(ii)in a case where the transfer is not made under those arrangements, of the service that member will be entitled so to count if the payment is so accepted by the Scottish Ministers within such period as is specified in the statement; and
(f)must meet such other conditions as the Scottish Ministers may require.
(2) A statement given to the member in pursuance of a such a request as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(e)–
(a)in the case mentioned in paragraph (1)(e)(i), must inform the member of the effect (if any) of regulation 2.A.12 (restriction on reckonable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service) in the member’s case; and
(b)in the case mentioned in paragraph (1)(e)(ii), must specify such amount as is calculated in accordance with guidance and tables provided by the scheme actuary for the purpose.