PART 3Scheme membership
CHAPTER 3Pensionable service
SECTION 3Pensionable service on or after automatic enrolment date
Opting into this scheme after automatic enrolment date29.
(1)
A person (P) opts into this scheme in relation to service in an eligible employment if P opts to become an active member of this scheme in relation to service in that employment.
(2)
P may by only exercise the option by written notice to the Department in a form required by it (“opt-in notice”).
(3)
P may opt into this scheme in relation to service in an employment if—
(a)
the employment is mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1, and P has previously opted out of this scheme in relation to service in that employment; or
(b)
the employment is mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 1, and P's employer has consented to P opting into this scheme.
(4)
For an employment mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1, an opt-in notice has effect—
(a)
if the Department receives the opt-in notice not later than 3 months after P enters the employment, from the first day of the employment; or
(b)
if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, from the first day of the month after the month in which the Department receives the opt-in notice.
(5)
For an employment mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 1—
(a)
if the Department receives both the opt-in notice and P's employer's written consent to the exercise of the option not later than 3 months after P enters the employment, the opt-in notice has effect from the first day of the employment;
(b)
if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, the opt-in notice has effect from the later of—
(i)
the first day if the month after the month in which the Department receives the opt-in notice, and
(ii)
the first day of the month after the month in which the Department receives P's employer's written consent to the exercise of the option.
(6)
An opt-in notice ceases to have effect from the date on which a subsequent opt-out notice has effect.