How to move to the 50/50 section
The LGPS offers you the flexibility to pay half your normal contribution rate and build up half your normal pension. When you join the LGPS you will be put into the main section of the LGPS. In the main section, you pay the normal contribution rate in return for normal pension build up. Once you are a member of the main section you can elect in writing to move to the 50/50 section.
You can ask your employer for a 50/50 election form, or you can Contact your pension fund. If you elect to join the 50/50 section, you will start paying reduced contributions from the next available pay period.
There is no limit to the number of times you can elect to move from the main section to the 50/50 section and back again.