{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-142",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-142.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/94",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/142",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "142",
  "heading": "Application procedure",
  "text": "(1) An application under regulation 141—\n(a) must be in writing;\n(b) must specify the scheme or arrangement from which the transfer value payment is to be made and the anticipated amount of the payment;\n(c) must be made before—\n(i) the end of the period of one year starting on the day the member (M) becomes eligible to be an active member of this scheme; and\n(ii) M attains normal pension age;\n(d) if the scheme manager so requires, may be made only if M has requested a statement of entitlement; and\n(e) must meet such other conditions as the scheme manager requires.\n(2) If the transfer is not a club transfer, a statement of entitlement—\n(a) is a statement of the increase to pensionable earnings and the service M will be entitled to count as a result of the transfer if the payment is accepted;\n(b) must specify—\n(i) the period within which the payment is to be accepted by scheme manager; and\n(ii) the amount of increase to pensionable earnings calculated in accordance with guidance and tables provided by the scheme actuary for the purpose.\n(3) If the transfer is a club transfer, a statement of entitlement—\n(a) is a statement of the club transfer earned pension; and\n(b) must specify—\n(i) the period within which the transfer is to be accepted by the scheme manager; and\n(ii) the basis on which the club transfer earned pension will be revalued while M is in pensionable service under this scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/regulation/142",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:49:26.680467+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."
}