Regulation 26 Automatic enrolment
A person (P) begins pensionable service under this scheme on P's first day of eligible service unless—
regulation 31 (opting out before the end of the initial period of eligible service) applies; or
P is a transition member with continuity of service and paragraph (2) applies.
This paragraph applies if—
P's first day of eligible service is the day after P's closing date; and
as at P's closing date, P was opted out of the existing police pension scheme.
Paragraph (4) applies in relation to a person (P) in service as a member of a police force in England and Wales (“the original police force”) who becomes a member of another police force in England and Wales ( “ the new police force ”).
A person in pensionable service under this scheme in relation to the original police force continues in pensionable service under this scheme when P becomes a member of the new police force.
Paragraph (6) applies in relation to a person (P) who is a member of the police service in Northern Ireland or the Police Service of Scotland who becomes a member of a police force in England and Wales ( “ the new police force ”).
A person in pensionable service under the 2015 NI police pension scheme or the 2015 Scotland police pension scheme begins pensionable service under this scheme when P becomes a member of the new police force.