{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Opting into this scheme after 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 by only exercise the option by written notice to the Department in a form required by it (“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 P has previously opted out of this scheme in relation to service in that employment; or\n(b) the employment is mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 1, and P's employer has consented to P opting into this scheme.\n(4) For an employment mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1, an opt-in notice has effect—\n(a) if the Department 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 Department receives the opt-in notice.\n(5) For an employment mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 1—\n(a) if the Department receives both 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 if the month after the month in which the Department receives the opt-in notice, and\n(ii) the first day of the month after the month in which the Department 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/nisr/2014/310/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:41.805929+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."
}