{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-179",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-179.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/142",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/179",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "179",
  "heading": "Request for acceptance of a transfer payment",
  "text": "(1) P may by written notice to the scheme manager request that a transfer payment be accepted in respect of some or all of P’s accrued rights to benefits under another pension scheme.\n(2) A transfer payment request—\n(a) must specify—\n(i) the pension scheme from which the transfer payment is to be made; and\n(ii) the anticipated amount of the transfer payment;\n(b) must meet any other conditions the scheme manager requires; and\n(c) subject to paragraph (3), must be made during the period of 12 months beginning with P’s first day of eligible service.\n(3) The scheme manager may treat a transfer payment request as having been made earlier than it was if the scheme manager considers it reasonable to do so in the circumstances.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), on receiving a transfer payment request, the scheme manager may accept the transfer payment if the conditions (if any) that the scheme manager required are met.\n(5) The scheme manager may not accept a transfer payment if—\n(a) it would be applied in whole or in part in respect of—\n(i) the member’s entitlement to a guaranteed minimum pension; or\n(ii) the entitlement of the member’s spouse or civil partner to a guaranteed minimum pension; and\n(b) it is less than the amount required for that purpose, as calculated by the scheme manager in accordance with actuarial guidance and actuarial tables prepared for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 179(2)(c) applied (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/239), regs. 1(2), 43"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 179 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/179",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:03.361596+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."
}