SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF PENSION BENEFITS ETC.

PART 1AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF PENSION BENEFITS

Automatic transfer scheme to find out whether members have transferable benefits

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(1)

The regulations must require the trustees or managers of an automatic transfer scheme to take steps to find out whether a qualifying member of the scheme has transferable benefits under another pension scheme.

(2)

The regulations may make provision—

(a)

about when a step is to be taken (for example, within a prescribed period after a person becomes a qualifying member or at prescribed intervals);

(b)

for the steps to be taken at any particular time to relate to a particular qualifying member, or to some or all qualifying members.