# The London Transport Pension Arrangements Order 2000, Article 3: Scope of protected rights: relationship to membership of LRT Pension Fund


(1) The LRT pension scheme specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(3)(a) and (b) of Schedule 32 (schemes where membership is protected and benefits are used for comparison in determining rights under other schemes) is the LRT Pension Fund.
(2) In determining for the purposes of that paragraph and this Order whether a person was participating in the LRT Pension Fund immediately before a relevant transaction, the person’s voluntary withdrawal from participation in the scheme shall be disregarded if the following conditions are met.
(3) Those conditions are that—
(a) the withdrawal is due to a break in the person’s continuity of employment,
(b) the person re-enters the employment within 12 months of leaving it pursuant to a statutory or contractual right to return to employment which existed before the break, and
(c) on doing so he begins to participate in the scheme again or applies to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3386/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-transport-pension-arrangements-order-2000/article-3
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