PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 3Pensionable service

SECTION 4Pensionable service before automatic enrolment date

Opting into this scheme before automatic enrolment date31

1

A person (P) opts into this scheme in relation to service in an eligible employment if P opts to become an active member of this scheme in relation to service in that employment.

2

P may only exercise the option by written notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“opt-in notice”).

3

P may opt into this scheme in relation to service in an employment if the employment is mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and an opt-out notice has effect.

4

For an employment mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1, an opt-in notice has effect—

a

if the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice not later than 3 months after P enters the employment, from the first day of the employment; or

b

if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, from the first day of the month after the month in which the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice.

5

An opt-in notice ceases to have effect from the date on which a subsequent opt-out notice has effect.