2.12  Where during the term of this Agreement the employment of any NHS Participant Employee or LGPS Participant Employee is transferred on a second and/or subsequent occasion as a result of a change of service provider, hubco shall procure that each NHS Participant Employee or LGPS Participant Employee who is a member of, or eligible for membership of, the outgoing employer's pension scheme shall be offered membership of a pension scheme operated by the new employer which, as a minimum:

2.12.1  for future service offers the benefits which enabled the outgoing employer's pension scheme to be certified as being broadly comparable in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2.7; and

2.12.2  must be able to accept bulk transfers from the outgoing employer's pension scheme (where the pension schemes are different) in respect of benefits which the NHS Participant Employee or the LGPS Participant Employee had accrued or been credited in the outgoing employer's pension scheme,

and hubco shall (and shall procure that any relevant Partnering Subcontractor) shall consult with and inform those employees of the pension provisions relating to the transfer.

Each of the Participants shall have the right, but not the obligation, on any second or subsequent transfer, to request the Government Actuary's Department to certify, in respect of any new employer's pension scheme, that the requirements of paragraph 2.7.1 or paragraph 2.7.2 as the case may be have been met.  hubco shall procure that any new employer shall provide all such documentation as is required to enable the Government Actuary's Department to make the necessary assessment.

hubco shall further procure that where during the term of this Agreement the employment of any New Employee is transferred on a second and/or subsequent occasion as a result of a change of Partnering Subcontractor or any sub-contracting of the Partnering Services, the New Employee is offered membership of a pension scheme operated by the new employer which, as a minimum, complies with the requirements of paragraph 1.35.