Leaving the 50/50 section
After you have joined the 50/50 section, you can choose to move to the main section of the LGPS at any time. You will need to let your employer know in writing. If you want to move to the main section, ask your employer for an election form or Contact your pension fund.
The 50/50 section is designed to be a short-term option. Your employer must move you back into the main section of the Scheme roughly every three years.
If you are in the 50/50 section and your pay is reduced to zero because of sickness, your employer will move you back into the main section of the Scheme from the next pay period. Your employer will also move you to the main section if your pay reduces to zero during a period of ordinary maternity or adoption leave. This is generally the first 26 weeks of leave. This may not apply if you are unpaid for a very short period. If you start receiving pay again before the next pay period begins, you will stay in the 50/50 section.