{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1030",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/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": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 6 in force at 1.10.2018, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1030/schedule/5/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:51.683386+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."
}