SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 31Transfer schemes: further provision

5Transfer of employees and continuity of employment

1

If a transfer scheme provides for the transfer of rights, powers, duties and liabilities relating to a person’s contract of employment, it may include provision with respect to the person’s eligibility to become a member of a pension scheme by virtue of employment with the transferee.

2

The transfer scheme may include provision with respect to rights of, or rights or liabilities in respect of, the person under—

a

a pension scheme of which the person may become a member by virtue of employment with the transferee, or

b

a pension scheme of which the person is a member by virtue of employment immediately before the transfer.