{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/512",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Opting into this scheme before automatic enrolment date",
  "text": "(1) A person (P) opts into this scheme in relation to service in an eligible employment if P opts to become an active member of this scheme in relation to service in that employment.\n(2) P may only exercise the option by written notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“opt-in notice”).\n(3) P may opt into this scheme in relation to service in an employment if—\n(a) the employment is mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and an opt-out notice has effect;\n(b) the employment is mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 1; or\n(c) the employment is mentioned in Part 4 of Schedule 1 and P's employer has consented to P opting into this scheme.\n(4) For an employment mentioned in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1, an opt-in notice has effect—\n(a) if the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice not later than 3 months after P enters the employment – from the first day of the employment; or\n(b) if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, from the first day of the month after the month in which the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice.\n(5) For an employment mentioned in Part 4 of Schedule 1—\n(a) if the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice and P's employer's written consent to the exercise of the option not later than 3 months after P enters the employment – the opt-in notice has effect from the first day of the employment;\n(b) if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, the opt-in notice has effect from the later of—\n(i) the first day of the month after the month in which the scheme manager receives the opt-in notice; and\n(ii) the first day of the month after the month in which the scheme manager receives P's employer's written consent to the exercise of the option.\n(6) An opt-in notice ceases to have effect from the date on which a subsequent opt-out notice has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:37.807691+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."
}