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For members of the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales

Additional Voluntary Contributions

If you have paid Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to the LGPS in England or Wales, the value of your AVCs must be transferred to an AVC arrangement offered by your new pension fund if you re-join the LGPS and combine your main scheme benefits.

You may have paid AVCs to a different scheme or paid Free Standing AVCs. You can transfer these AVCs into the LGPS to buy extra LGPS pension. You have 12 months from joining the LGPS to elect to transfer your AVC rights unless your employer and your pension fund allow you longer. This is a discretion. You can ask your pension fund and employer what their policy is on late transfers.


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