Policy background Public service pensions reform and the Court of Appeal’s judgment Non-judicial schemes (except local government)
Following consultation on the approach to implementing the remedy, the Government is proceeding with the Deferred Choice Underpin (DCU), which enables members to make a choice as to whether to take legacy or new scheme benefits for the remedy period when their pension benefits become payable. The Act brings forward changes required for effective implementation of the remedy.
	The new schemes themselves are not discriminatory, and the Government wishes to ensure that all members are treated equally in respect of the scheme design available to them after the discrimination has been addressed.
	Therefore, all public servants who continue in service from 1 April 2022 onwards will do so as members of their respective new scheme. Legacy schemes will be closed in relation to service after 31 March 2022, closing the remedy period during which members in scope have a choice of benefits.