All in-service members who exit the EPPF may choose to leave a portion of their whole benefit in the EPPF’s Deferred Pension Scheme until retirement and become deferred pensioners of the EPPF.​

Deferred pensioners may retire from the Deferred Pension Scheme and access their benefit from age 55 years and must retire from the Deferred Pension Scheme by age 65 years.​