{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111170533",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) After the period allowed for employers to send notice to the trustees under paragraph 5, the trustees must send a second notice to each member of the transferring scheme.\n(2) A notice under this paragraph must be sent within three months beginning with the day on which the trustees sent notice to members and employers under paragraph 4.\n(3) A notice under this paragraph must state—\n(a) the proposed transfer date;\n(b) if the member’s employer has not nominated an employer default scheme—\n(i) the fact that the member will be transferred to the trustee default scheme unless the member specifies otherwise; and\n(ii) the name of, and information about—\n(aa) the trustee default scheme, and\n(bb) the default arrangement in that scheme;\n(c) if the member’s employer has nominated an employer default scheme—\n(i) the fact that the member will be transferred to the employer default scheme unless the member specifies otherwise; and\n(ii) the name of, and information about—\n(aa) the employer default scheme, and\n(bb) the default arrangement in that scheme;\n(d) the member’s ability to obtain information about arrangements from the applicable scheme;\n(e) the fact that the member’s funds will be allocated to the default arrangement unless the member specifies otherwise;\n(f) where the member can obtain guidance about the proposed transfer;\n(g) the member’s right to choose whether the member’s accrued rights and benefits in the transferring scheme are transferred to—\n(i) the applicable scheme, or\n(ii) an alternative scheme selected by the member;\n(h) the requirement for a member who has selected an alternative scheme to send the trustees of the transferring scheme a notice that meets the requirements of paragraph 7(2);\n(i) the member’s rights under Part 4ZA of the 1993 Act (transfers and contribution refunds);\n(j) the member’s right to require the cash equivalent of the member’s accrued rights and benefits to be used to buy one or more policies as set out in paragraph 7(1)(b);\n(k) the consequences for the member of his or her choice of receiving scheme, with particular reference to its effect on payment of contributions by the member’s employer;\n(l) the timetable for future communication with members.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111170533/schedule/5/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:04:23.592628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}