Changes in your circumstances

If you want your change the bank account your pension is paid into, you can do this by writing to us with proof of your bank account to Environment Agency Pension Pay Team, 555 Stead House, Darlington, DL1 9YT or by emailing payteam@capita.co.uk

You can make a nomination or update your beneficiaries quickly and securely by logging in to your EAPF Online pension account and completing our nomination form. If you haven't already registered, don’t worry it’s really easy!

Simply visit EAPF Online with your National Insurance number, and then click on ‘Register’.

On our Forms page you can also download an Expression of Wish form and send this to Capita.

Please note: If you’re a contributing member and you're completing a paper form, you should send this to your employer. Details on changes related to pay, leave of absence and divorce can be found on our contributing member 'Change of circumstances' page.

If, after taking your Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pension benefits, you get a job with an employer that does not participate in the LGPS, there'll be no change to your pension. It will continue to be paid as usual (although the tax office might adjust your tax code).

If, after taking your LGPS pension benefits, you get a job with an employer or council that participates in the LGPS, then whether or not you join the LGPS in this new job, you must inform us by contacting Capita, the Scheme administrator. Visit our Contact details page for the various ways you can contact Capita. 

If you have benefits in the Scheme before 2014, we'll check to see whether these are affected by your new job. If you rejoin the LGPS you'll build up a new period of membership and you'll receive a further package of pension benefits on your retirement.

It's important to note, that if you're in receipt of a ‘tier 3’ ill health pension, and you take on a new employment, you must immediately provide details of this to your previous employer as they awarded you this pension. Your previous employer will then determine whether your pension should be discontinued.

Please inform us immediately by contacting Capita, our Scheme administrator. You’ll also need to send the relevant certificates for registration and return. Visit our Contact details page for various ways you can contact Capita.

If you get divorced, or dissolve your civil partnership, or revoke a cohabiting partner nomination, then your former wife, husband, civil partner or cohabiting partner will stop being entitled to a pension, if you die before them. As part of the divorce or dissolution proceedings, you may wish to get legal advice from your solicitor on how to deal with your LGPS pension benefits. You and your partner will need to consider how to treat your pension rights as part of any settlement. You may also wish to review your Expression of Wish nomination, to let us know who you'd like to receive any death benefits payable. 

The easiest way to make a new nomination is by logging into EAPF Online. If you haven't already registered, simply visit EAPF Online with your National Insurance number, and then click on ‘Register’.

You can also download an Expression of Wish form which you'll find on our Forms page and send this to Capita.

Points to note

If your pension benefits are subject to a Pension Sharing Order, issued by the Court following a divorce or annulment of marriage, or the making of an order for the dissolution or nullity of a civil partnership, or are subject to a qualifying agreement in Scotland, they'll be reduced in accordance with the Court Order or agreement. If you remarry, or enter into a new civil partnership, any partner's pension payable following your death will also be reduced. Benefits payable to eligible children will not be reduced because of a pension share.