Opting out of this scheme before automatic enrolment date
30.—(1) A person (P) opts out of this scheme in relation to service in an eligible employment if P opts not to be an active member of this scheme in relation to that service.
(2) P may only exercise the option by written notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“opt-out notice”).
(3) An opt–out notice has effect—
(a)if the scheme manager receives the opt-out notice no later than 3 months after P enters the employment, from the first day of the employment; or
(b)otherwise, from the first day of the month after the month in which the scheme manager receives the opt-out notice.
(4) An opt–out notice ceases to have effect from the earlier of—
(a)the date on which a subsequent opt-in notice has effect; and
(b)P’s automatic enrolment date for that employment.