{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-143",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-143.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/143",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "143",
  "heading": "Acceptance of transfer value payment",
  "text": "(1) The scheme manager may accept an application under regulation 141 from a member (M) unless—\n(a) such conditions as the scheme manager requires are not met; or\n(b) paragraph (5) applies.\n(2) If the transfer is a non-club transfer and the scheme manager accepts the payment, M is entitled—\n(a) for the purposes of calculating benefits payable to, or in respect of, M under this scheme, to an increase in M's pensionable earnings calculated in accordance with regulation 144; and\n(b) to be credited with the relevant period of pensionable service in this scheme.\n(3) If the transfer is a club transfer, M is entitled—\n(a) to the amount of club transfer earned pension specified in the statement of entitlement; and\n(b) to be credited with the relevant period of pensionable service in this scheme.\n(4) The relevant period is equal to the period of employment that qualified M for the rights in respect of which the transfer is being made.\n(5) This paragraph applies to a non-club transfer if—\n(a) it would be applied in whole or in part in respect of M's or M's spouse's entitlement to a guaranteed minimum pension; and\n(b) it is less than the amount required for that purpose, as calculated in accordance with guidance and tables prepared by the scheme actuary for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "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/143",
    "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."
}