PART 3BENEFITS FOR PRACTITIONERS ETC.

CHAPTER 6TRANSFERS

Transfers in

Bulk transfers in234

1

This regulation applies if—

a

the employment of one or more persons (“the transferred employees”) is transferred without their consent to a new employer,

b

on that transfer the transferred employees cease to be active members of an occupational pension scheme (“the former employer's scheme”),

c

after that transfer the transferred employees become active members of F1this Section of the Scheme,

d

the Department has agreed special terms for the acceptance of transfer value payments in respect of the transferred employees from the former employer's scheme, after consulting the Scheme actuary, and

e

the transferred employees have consented in writing to their rights being transferred in accordance with those terms.

2

F2This Section of the Scheme has effect with such modifications as are necessary to give effect to the terms mentioned in paragraph (1)(e).

3

If the transfer is directly or indirectly attributable to a statutory provision, F2this Section of the Scheme has effect with such modifications as the Department considers necessary in consequence of the transfer.