Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017

Membership of multiple schemes

36. For the purposes of sections 33 , 34 and 35 , in a case in which a person is a member of more than one public service pension scheme in a particular year, then—

(a) where the person is a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme in that year, the person shall be deemed to be a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for that year to the exclusion of membership of the other scheme or schemes,

(b) where the person is a member of a standard accrual pension scheme in that year, but is not a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme in that year, the person shall be deemed to be a member of a standard accrual pension scheme for that year to the exclusion of membership of the other scheme or schemes, and

(c) where the person is not a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme or a standard accrual pension scheme in that year, the person shall be deemed to be a member of a fast accrual pension scheme for that year to the exclusion of membership of the other scheme or schemes.