{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-regulations-1996/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-regulations-1996/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1847",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Accrued rights, or liabilities in respect of accrued rights, transferred without consent",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a member has acquired a right under section 94 of the 1993 Act to a cash equivalent but has not exercised the option conferred by section 95 of that Act; and\n(b) the member’s accrued rights have been transferred to another scheme without that member’s consent.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, Chapter 1 of Part 4ZA of the 1993 Act shall have effect as if the member’s right to a cash equivalent of the benefits in respect of which a transfer or transfer payment has been made existed in relation to the receiving scheme instead of the transferring scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(2) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/498), regs. 1(2), 6(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1847/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:58.641877+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."
}