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Deferred refund
If you used to pay into the LGPS and did not qualify for deferred benefits on leaving and have not transferred your pension rights into another LGPS employment or onto a new pension provider or claimed a refund of your contributions, they will be held in the LGPS until you decide what to do. This is known as a deferred refund.
No refund of contributions can be paid if you leave the LGPS in England and Wales and rejoin that scheme, or you leave the LGPS in Scotland and rejoin that scheme, within a month and a day of leaving or before the refund has been paid.