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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-81",
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  "legislation": "asp/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/81",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A sum (a “transfer-in sum”) may be paid from another pension scheme into the Pension Fund in relation to a participating member if the following conditions are met—\nCondition 1\nThe participating member gives the Fund trustees notice (a “transfer-in notice”) specifying—\n(a)the amount of the transfer-in sum, and\n(b)the pension scheme which is to make the payment.\nCondition 2\nThe transfer-in notice is given before the participating member's 64th birthday.\nCondition 3\nThe participating member has at least 3 months total reckonable service.\nCondition 4\nThe pension scheme which is to make the payment is—\n(a)registered for the purposes of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) (see section 150 of that Act), or\n(b)a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme for the purposes of that Part (see section 169 of that Act).\nCondition 5\nThe transfer-in sum is the amount, if any, which requires to be applied in relation to any entitlement to a guaranteed minimum pension arising in respect of the transfer-in sum.\nCondition 6\nThe transfer is not prohibited by rule 83.\nCondition 7\nAny condition imposed by the Fund trustees in relation to the transfer is met to their satisfaction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/1/schedule/1/paragraph/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:42.892423+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."
}