National Treasury Pensions Administration
Overleaf for Form Z102 May 2005 Page 1 of 2
Instructions for Completing Form Z102: Withdrawal of a Member from
a Pension Fund Administrated by Pensions Administration
1. Refer to checklists for attachments required for this form.
2. Where particulars are incorrect, outdated or changed after the original submission, the relevant
Personnel Office should make the necessary corrections directly on the Payroll Administration
System and re-submit the required document and attachments. The new set of documents must
clearly be marked as “Revised Version” on top of the main document:
− In this case the personal particulars changed, an Updating Personal Particulars of
Member Form (Z864).
− In this case the bank particulars changed, an ACB Bank Particulars Form (Z894).
− In case the withdrawal particulars changed, a Withdrawal from Fund Form (Z102).
3. A letter will be issued to the member and/or employer upon receipt of the application. This letter
contains the member’s unique Pension Number that should be used as a reference when interacting
with the Pensions Administration.
4. If the data received is insufficient to withdrawal the person to the Pension Fund, the Pension
Administration System will generate a system error. The Employer and/or Member will be notified of
the error via Pensions Administration Service Centre.
5. It is strongly advised that Withdrawal from Pension Fund Transactions must be submitted to the
Pensions Administration at least 6 to 8 weeks before the last day of service of the member.
Exceptions to the rule are resignations and cases of unpredictable death in service.
6. Withdrawal Transaction Types:
− Compulsory to select a transaction.
− Mark with an “X” as applicable:
[A] RESIGNATION / ABSCONDED: If the member has resigned, absconded, been
dismissed for misconduct or been discharged due to ill-health caused by own fault. Refer
to the following: Withdrawal of a Member from a Pension Fund due to
Resignation/Absconding.
[B] TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS: For a transfer of a member’s pension value
between valid Pensions Administration Funds mentioned on Page 16, refer to the
following: Transferring Between Funds Administrated by the Pensions Administration.
[C] RETIREMENT/DISCHARGE: Only for retirements – all types of retirements, including
“external transfers”, but not cases mentioned in [A] and [D], refer to the following:
Withdrawal of a Member from a Pension Fund due to Retirement/Discharge and
Payment to an Approved External Pension Fund.
[D] DEATH: Only in cases of death in service, refer to the following: Withdrawal of a
Member from a Pension Fund due to Death.
[E] DIVORCE: Where an order is made for the payment of a pension value in a divorce
action, refer to the following: Notification by Member of Divorce Settlement.
7. COMMENCEMENT DATE (PERIOD COVERED BY CONTRIBUTIONS): Fill in the earliest date from
which the member started financially contributing to a Pension Fund.
8. EXIT RULE(s): The relevant pension benefit rule(s) according to the applicable Pension Fund Act
and Regulations must be quoted in full.
9. New Payment Requests via the Post Office, Cheque or Warrant Vouchers are no longer allowed.
10. FUND REGISTRATION NUMBER and SARS REGISTRATION NUMBER: Only applicable if
transferring the benefit value to an approved external Pension Fund.
11. The member must be made fully aware of the total financial liabilities and debt before employer
representative submits the form to the Pensions Administration.