{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-transfer-of-accrued-pension-rights-order-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-transfer-of-accrued-pension-rights-order-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/687",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Accrued Pension Rights) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-transfer-of-accrued-pension-rights-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application of contracting-out legislation to the RMSPS",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 14, the provisions of the 1993 Act that are set out in paragraph 13 and the regulations made under them that are set out in paragraph 15 apply to the RMSPS, and the Minister for the Civil Service as the person responsible for the management of the RMSPS shall comply with them, in respect of—\n(a) any rights or entitlements of a Contracted-out Beneficiary to or in respect of GMPs that were accrued or provided under the RMPP in respect of the relevant earner’s contracted-out employment by reference to the RMPP or any predecessor scheme or, but for the transfers, amendments and discharge under articles 5, 7 and 11 this Order, would have been accrued or provided under the RMPP in respect of the relevant earner’s contracted-out employment by reference to the RMPP after the qualifying time; and\n(b) any section 9(2B) rights of a Contracted-out Beneficiary that were accrued or provided under the RMPP in respect of the relevant earner’s contracted-out employment by reference to the RMPP or any predecessor scheme,\nas if such contracted-out employment had been carried out by the relevant earner by reference to the RMSPS and those rights and entitlements had been accrued or provided under the RMSPS in respect of that contracted-out employment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 12 substituted (2.4.2014) by The Transfer of Functions (Royal Mail Pension Plan) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/500), arts. 1(2), 6(6) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 12 not in force at made date, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 1.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/966, arts. 2, 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/687/schedule/4/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:16.243439+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."
}