The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999

Transfers from other pension schemes

P6.—(1) At the request of any person who–

(a) is a participating member;

(b) is an opted-out member who applies to rejoin the Scheme under article C5;

(c) is not a member of the Parliament, but is a participating office holder; or

(d) is not a member of the Parliament, but is an opted-out office holder who applies to rejoin the Scheme under article C6,

the Parliamentary corporation shall receive any sums payable by way of transfer value in respect of him out of, or out of moneys held for the purposes of, any scheme or annuity to which article P1 applies, or under any enactment for the time being in force which authorises the transfer of pension rights.

(2) Where any sums are received by the Parliamentary corporation under paragraph (1) at the request of any person–

(a) he shall be credited with such period or, as the case may be, such additional period, of reckonable service as may be determined by the Parliamentary corporation; and

(b) for the purposes of articles N1 and N2, the sums so received by the Parliamentary corporation, so far as in its opinion they represent his own contributory payments, shall be treated as if they were contributions paid by him, at the same times as those contributory payments were made, by deduction from his salary under article D1.

(3) Any period determined by the Parliamentary corporation under paragraph (2)(a) shall be a period or number of years either certified by the Government Actuary as being appropriate in relation to the sums received by the Parliamentary corporation at the request of the person in question or a period or number of years calculated, in accordance with tables prepared by the Government Actuary, as being appropriate in relation to those sums.