The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996

Transfer payments to money purchase contracted-out schemes and appropriate personal pension schemes in respect of section 9(2B) rights

10.  A transfer payment in respect of an earner’s accrued section 9(2B) rights may be made to a money purchase contracted-out scheme or an appropriate personal pension scheme if—

(a)the earner consents in writing;

(b)if the transfer payment is to a money purchase contracted-out scheme, the earner—

(i)is employed by an employer who is a contributor to the receiving scheme, or

(ii)has previously been a member of the receiving scheme; and

(c)the transfer payment is applied so as to provide money purchase benefits under the receiving scheme for or in respect of the earner.