# The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 17: Automatic enrolment

Extent: S

(1) A person (P) begins pensionable service under this scheme on P’s first day of eligible service or on P’s automatic enrolment date unless—
(a) regulation 22 (opting out before the end of the initial period of eligible service) applies; or
(b) P is a transition member with continuity of service and paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies if—
(a) P’s first day of eligible service or on P’s automatic enrolment date is the day after P’s closing date; and
(b) on P’s closing date, P had opted out of the existing police pension scheme.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies in relation to a person (P) who is a member of a police force in England and Wales or of the police service in Northern Ireland who becomes a member of the police force.
(4) A person in pensionable service under the 2015 England and Wales police pension scheme or the 2015 NI police pension scheme begins pensionable service under this scheme when P becomes a member of the police force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-17
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