PART 1Public service pension schemes
C26C25C24C23C22C28C29C30C31CHAPTER 1Schemes other than judicial schemes and local government schemes
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (E.W.) (1.10.2023) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/985), regs. 1(2), 76(5)
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (N.I.) (1.10.2023) by The Health and Social Care Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/132), regs. 1, 74(5)
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (S.) (1.10.2023) by The Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/241), regs. 1(b), 63
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (E.W.) (1.10.2023) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/871), regs. 1(b), 63(7)
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (S.) (1.10.2023) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/246), regs. 1(2), 74
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (N.I.) (1.10.2023) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/131), regs. 1, 63(7)
Pensioner and deceased members: immediate choice of new scheme benefits
I1I2C4C26C1C25C24C5C3C2C23C22C6C77C26C25C24C23C22Elections by virtue of section 6: timing and procedure
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An election—
a
must be made before the end of the section 6 election period,
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is treated as having taken effect—
i
immediately before the member became a pensioner member of the scheme, or (if earlier) became a pensioner member of a Chapter 1 new scheme, in relation to the employment or office, or
ii
if the member died without having become a pensioner member of the scheme, or of a Chapter 1 new scheme, in relation to the employment or office, immediately before the member’s death, and
c
is irrevocable.
2
In this Chapter “the end of the section 6 election period” means—
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the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which a remediable service statement is first provided in respect of the member, or
b
such later time as the scheme manager considers reasonable in all the circumstances.
3
Scheme regulations made by virtue of section 6(1) may, in particular, include provision—
a
requiring information to be provided before an election is made;
b
about the form and manner in which an election is to be made;
c
about who may make an election in relation to the remediable service of a deceased member.
4
References in this section to “an election” are to an election by virtue of section 6.
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (1.10.2023) by S.I. 2005/438, Sch. 3 para. 40(4) (as inserted by The Armed Forces Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/998), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2)