PART 3

Scheme membership
CHAPTER 3

Pensionable service
SECTION 3

Pensionable service on or after automatic enrolment date

Opting into this scheme after automatic enrolment date
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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.
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An opt-in notice ceases to have effect from the date on which a subsequent opt-out notice has effect.