Transfers
9.—(1) Where a transfer payment is received into the Scheme in respect of a person from a different public service pension scheme which includes a payment in respect of service before 1st April 2015 which would have entitled the person to final salary benefits in that scheme, such payment shall entitle that person to benefits under the Scheme as if they were payable as final salary benefits under the 2009 Scheme so long as the person in respect of whom the transfer payment is received has had no continuous break in active membership of any public service pension scheme of more than five years.
(2) Where a transfer payment is to be made to a registered pension scheme or qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme in respect of a member of the Scheme, that transfer payment shall include any benefits accrued by that member under the earlier Schemes that are aggregated with the service under the Scheme.
(3) Where a transfer payment is received from a registered pension scheme which is not a public service pension scheme, or from a European Pensions Institution in respect of a member of the Scheme, if the relevant date in either case was before 1st April 2015, that transfer payment shall be dealt with by the Committee as if it had been received in respect of membership of the 2009 Scheme.
(4) The relevant date for the purposes of paragraph (3) is the date on which the person first became an active member in the employment, or the date the transfer payment is received if more than 12 months later.
(5) Transfer payments will be calculated in accordance with guidance issued by the Department.