PART LEarly leavers

Payment of interest with refund of contributionsL3

1

Compound interest will be added to a refund of contributions under regulation L2, except where the employment was terminated by reason of misconduct or inefficiency or at the member’s request.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), where compound interest is added to a refund of contributions, it will be calculated at the rate of 2.5 per cent. per year, for the period starting on the 1st April after the contributions were paid and ending on the day the member leaves pensionable employment.

3

In the case of any contributions paid under another enactment or scheme and included in a transfer payment to the scheme, interest for the period before the transfer payment was accepted will be calculated as described in the enactment or scheme from which the transfer payment was received.