Continuity of scheme membershipN.I.
2—(1) If a jobholder is an active member of a qualifying scheme, the employer must not take any action, or make any omission, by which (without the jobholder ceasing to be employed by the employer)—
(a)the jobholder ceases to be an active member of the scheme, or
(b)the scheme ceases to be a qualifying scheme.
(2) Subsection (1) is not contravened if the jobholder remains an active member of another qualifying scheme.
(3) Subsection (1) is not contravened if the jobholder becomes an active member of another qualifying scheme within the prescribed period.
(4) Subsection (1) is not contravened if the action or omission is at the jobholder's request.
(5) In this Part as it applies in the case of any jobholder, references to a qualifying scheme are references to a pension scheme which is a qualifying scheme in relation to that jobholder (see section 16).
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 partly in force; s. 2 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 118(2)