Participation and acquisition of relevant pension rights
5. None of the persons mentioned in paragraph 7(2) (protection — supplementary provisions) of Schedule 11 nor any servant or agent of any such person nor, where any such person is a body corporate, any person who controls that body corporate, shall prevent a protected employee from—
(a)participating in, or transferring the transfer value in respect of such of his relevant pension rights, other than any relevant pension rights acquired on the death of a protected person to, an occupational pension scheme provided by his employer in accordance with article 4;
(b)acquiring relevant pension rights in that scheme which are no less favourable than the relevant pension rights which he had under his designated scheme.