PART 1Public service pension schemes

C26C25C24C23C22C28C29C30C31CHAPTER 1Schemes other than judicial schemes and local government schemes

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Pensioner and deceased members: immediate choice of new scheme benefits

I1I2C4C26C1C25C24C5C3C2C23C22C6C77C26C25C24C23C22Elections by virtue of section 6: timing and procedure

1

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.