Finance Act 2004

Part 3U.K.Pre-commencement benefit rights

Rights to take [F1benefit] before normal minimum pension ageU.K.

21(1)If paragraph 22 [F2, 23 or 23ZB] applies in relation to a registered pension scheme and a member of the pension scheme, this Part of this Act (except for section 218(6) and paragraph 19) has effect in relation to the member and the pension scheme as if references to normal minimum pension age were to the member’s protected pension age.U.K.

(2)Paragraphs 22(8) [F3, 23(8) and 23ZB(7)] define the member’s protected pension age.

[F4Protected pension age: scheme rights existing before 6 April 2006]U.K.

22(1)This paragraph applies in relation to a registered pension scheme and a member of the pension scheme if—U.K.

(a)the pension scheme is a protected pension scheme, and

(b)the retirement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme.

(2)A pension scheme is a protected pension scheme if condition A or condition B is met.

(3)Condition A is met if—

(a)the pension scheme was within any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 1(1), and

(b)the entitlement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme.

(4)The entitlement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme if—

(a)on 5th April 2006 the member had an actual or prospective right under the pension scheme to [F5any benefit] from an age of less than 55,

(b)the rules of the pension scheme on 10th December 2003 included provision conferring such a right on some or all of the persons who were then members of the pension scheme, and

(c)such a right either was then conferred on the member or would have been had the member been a member of the scheme on that date.

(5)Condition B is met if the member is a member of the pension scheme [F6(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a)a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.]

(6)A transfer is a block transfer if—

(a)it involves the transfer in a single transaction of all the sums and assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangements under the pension scheme from which the transfer is made which relate to the member and at least one other member of that pension scheme, and

[F7(b)either the member was not a member of the pension scheme to which the transfer is made before the transfer or he has been a member of that pension scheme for no longer than such period as is prescribed by regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.]

[F8(6A)A transfer is also a block transfer if—

(a)it involves the transfer in a single transaction of all the sums and assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangements under the pension scheme from which the transfer is made which relate to the member,

(b)the transfer takes place—

(i)on or after 19 March 2014, and

(ii)before 6 April 2015, and

(c)the date mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a) is before 6 October 2015.]

(7)The retirement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme if—

(a)the member becomes entitled to all the [F9benefits] payable to the member under arrangements under the pension scheme (to which the member did not have an actual entitlement on or before 5th April 2006) on the same date, and

[F10(b)in a case where on 5th April 2006 the member had an actual or prospective right under the pension scheme to any benefit from an age of less than 50, Condition 1 is met or, in any other case, Condition 2 or 3 is met.]

[F11(7A)Condition 1 is met if—

(a)the member is not, after becoming entitled to the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a), employed by a person who is a sponsoring employer in relation to the pension scheme and with whom the member is connected, and

(b)the member's becoming entitled to those benefits is not part of an arrangement the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of which is the avoidance of tax or national insurance contributions.

(7B)Condition 2 is met if—

(a)the member is not, after becoming entitled to the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a), employed by a person specified in sub-paragraph (7C), and

(b)the member's becoming entitled to those benefits is not part of an arrangement the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of which is the avoidance of tax or national insurance contributions.

(7C)The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) are—

(a)any person who was a sponsoring employer in relation to the pension scheme at any time during the period of six months ending with the day on which the member became entitled to the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a) and by whom the member was employed at any time during that period,

(b)any person who is connected with any such person, or

(c)any person who is a sponsoring employer in relation to the pension scheme and with whom the member is connected.

(7D)If the member has become entitled to the benefits payable under arrangements under the pension scheme by reason of service in the armed forces of the Crown, any employment on compulsory recall is to be disregarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (7B)(a).

(7E)Condition 3 is met if —

(a)paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (7B) is not satisfied but one of the re-employment conditions is met, and

(b)paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph is satisfied.

(7F)The re-employment conditions are—

(a)that the member is not employed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the member becomes entitled to the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a), and

(b)that the member is not employed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) during the period of one month beginning with that day, but is so employed during the period of five months beginning at the end of that period, and either the pension abatement condition or the materially different employment condition is met [F12, and

(c)that the member is or was employed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) where—

(i)the employment began at any time during the coronavirus period, and

(ii)the only or main reason that the member was taken into employment was to help the employer to respond to the public health, social, economic or other effects of coronavirus.]

(7G)The pension abatement condition is met if—

(a)the pension scheme is a public service pension scheme, and

(b)the member's benefits under the scheme consist of or include a scheme pension which is liable to reduction by abatement while the member is employed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) and is under the age of 55.

(7H)The materially different employment condition is met—

(a)in a case where the member is employed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7B)(a) in more than one employment during the period of five months mentioned in sub-paragraph (7F)(b), if each of those employments, and

(b)otherwise, if the employment in which the member is so employed during that period,

is materially different in nature from the employment in which the member was employed immediately before becoming entitled to the benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(a).

(7I)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (7D) “employment on compulsory recall” means permanent service—

(a)under Part 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996,

(b)under Part 5 of that Act,

(c)under a call-out or recall order made under that Act,

(d)having been called out or recalled under the Reserve Forces Act 1980, or

(e)because of any other call-out or recall obligation of an officer.

(7J)[F13Section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010] (connected persons) applies for the purposes of this paragraph.]

[F14(7K)In sub-paragraph (7F)(c)—

• “coronavirus” has the same meaning as in the Coronavirus Act 2020 (see section 1(1) of that Act);

• “the coronavirus period” means the period beginning with 1 March 2020 and ending with 1 November 2020.

(7L)The Treasury may by regulations amend the definition of “the coronavirus period” in sub-paragraph (7K) so as to replace the later of the dates specified in it with another date falling before 6 April 2021.

(7M)The power in sub-paragraph (7L) may be exercised on more than one occasion.]

(8)The member’s protected pension age is the age from which the member had an actual or prospective right to [F15any benefit] under the protected pension scheme on 5th April 2006 (or, where condition B is met, under the original pension scheme on that date).

(9)But this paragraph does not have effect so as to give the member a protected pension age of more than 50 at any time before 6th April 2010.

23(1)This paragraph applies in relation to a registered pension scheme and a member of the pension scheme if—U.K.

(a)the pension scheme is a protected pension scheme, and

(b)the retirement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme.

(2)A pension scheme is a protected pension scheme if condition A or condition B is met.

(3)Condition A is met if—

(a)the pension scheme was within paragraph (f) or (g) of paragraph 1(1), and

(b)the entitlement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme.

(4)The entitlement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme if—

(a)on 5th April 2006 the member had an actual or prospective right under the pension scheme to a pension from an age of less than 50, and

(b)the member’s occupation was on that date (or had been) one prescribed by regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.

(5)Condition B is met if the member is a member of the pension scheme [F16(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a)a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.]

(6)“Block transfer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 22(6) [F17and (6A), but for this purpose paragraph 22(6A)(c) is to be read as if its reference to paragraph 22(7)(a) were a reference to sub-paragraph (7) of this paragraph].

(7)The retirement condition is met in relation to the member and the pension scheme if the member becomes entitled to all the pensions payable to the member under arrangements under the pension scheme (to which the member did not have an actual entitlement on or before 5th April 2006) on the same date.

(8)The member’s protected pension age is the age from which the member had an actual or prospective right to a pension under the protected pension scheme on 5th April 2006 (or, where condition B is met, under the original pension scheme on that date).

[F1823ZA(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—U.K.

(a)there is a recognised transfer from one registered pension scheme (“the old scheme”) to another registered pension scheme (“the new scheme”), and

(b)as a result of paragraph 21 or the previous operation of sub-paragraph (2), immediately before the transfer this Part (except for section 218(6) and paragraph 19) applied in relation to all of the transferred sums or assets as if references to normal minimum pension age were to the member's protected pension age as defined by paragraph 22(8) or, as the case may be, paragraph 23(8).

(2)This Part [F19of this Act] (except for section 218(6) and paragraph 19) applies in relation to—

(a)the transferred sums or assets while held for the purposes of an arrangement under the new scheme, and

(b)any sums or assets held for the purposes of such an arrangement that arise, or (directly or indirectly) derive, from—

(i)any of the transferred sums or assets, or

(ii)sums or assets which so arise or derive,

as if references to normal minimum pension age were to the member's protected pension age as defined by paragraph 22(8) or, as the case may be, paragraph 23(8).

(3)Paragraphs 22(7)(a) and 23(7) have effect as if the benefits or pensions to which they refer do not include any that are in respect of sums or assets within sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) of this paragraph.]

Protected pension age: scheme rights existing before 4 November 2021U.K.

[F2023ZB(1)This paragraph applies in relation to a relevant registered pension scheme and a member of the pension scheme if—

(a)neither paragraph 22 nor 23 applies in relation to them, and

(b)the entitlement condition or the block transfer condition is met in relation to the scheme and the member.

(2)A registered pension scheme is “relevant” if it is not a uniformed services pension scheme (as defined in section 279(4)).

(3)The entitlement condition is met if—

(a)immediately before 4 November 2021 the member had an actual or prospective right under the pension scheme to any benefit from an age of less than 57,

(b)the rules of the pension scheme on 11 February 2021 included provision conferring such a right on some or all of the persons who were then members of the pension scheme, and

(c)the member either had such a right under the scheme on 11 February 2021 or would have had such a right had the member been a member of the scheme on 11 February 2021.

(4)Where—

(a)a recognised transfer is made on or after 4 November 2021 in execution of a request made before that date, and

(b)that transfer would, if executed before that date, have resulted in the member having an actual or prospective right under a pension scheme to any benefit from the age of less than 57 immediately before that date,

the member is, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be treated as having that right under that scheme at that time.

(5)The block transfer condition is met if the member is a member of the pension scheme (the “transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme on or after 4 November 2021 from a pension scheme (the “original pension scheme”) where the entitlement condition is met in relation to the original scheme and the member,

(b)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme (the “original pension scheme”) on or before 3 November 2021 where—

(i)immediately before the transfer the member had an actual or prospective right under the original pension scheme to any benefit from an age of less than 57,

(ii)the rules of the original pension scheme met paragraph (b) of the entitlement condition, and

(iii)paragraph (c) of that condition is met in relation to the original pension scheme and the member, or

(c)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme (the “transferor pension scheme”) that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to an original pension scheme or another transferor pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or (b) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.

(6)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5), a transfer is a “block transfer”, if it involves the transfer, in a single transaction, of all of the sums and assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangements under a pension scheme which relate to the member and at least one other member of the scheme.

(7)The member’s protected pension age is the higher of 55 and the age from which the member had an actual or prospective right to any benefit immediately before 4 November 2021 under—

(a)in a case where the entitlement condition is met in relation to the member and the scheme, that scheme, or

(b)in a case where the block transfer condition is met in relation to the member and the scheme and the entitlement condition is not so met, whichever of that scheme, the original scheme or the transferor scheme that the member was a member of at that time.

(8)But this paragraph does not have effect so as to give the member a protected pension age of more than 55 at any time before 6 April 2028.

[F2023ZC(1)This paragraph applies in relation to sums or assets of a relevant registered pension scheme and the member of the scheme to which those sums and assets relate if—

(a)none of paragraphs 22, 23 or 23ZB apply in relation to the scheme and the member, and

(b)those sums or assets were subject to a relevant transfer to the scheme.

(2)Sums or assets relate to a member of a pension scheme if they are held by that scheme for the purposes of, or represent accrued rights under, an arrangement relating to the member under the pension scheme.

(3)Sums or assets were subject to a relevant transfer to a relevant registered pension scheme if they were transferred to that scheme from another relevant registered pension scheme (“the transferor scheme”) as a result of a recognised transfer and, immediately before the transfer—

(a)they were sums or assets held by the transferor scheme for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, an arrangement relating to a member of the transferor scheme, and

(b)paragraph 23ZB applied in relation to the transferor scheme and that member or this paragraph applied to those sums or assets and that member as a result of a relevant transfer to the transferor scheme.

(4)If this paragraph applies in relation to sums or assets (“transferred sums or assets”) and a member of a relevant registered pension scheme, this Part of this Act (except for section 218(6) and paragraph 19) applies in relation to—

(a)the transferred sums or assets while held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, an arrangement under the scheme, and

(b)any sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, such an arrangement that arise, or (directly or indirectly) derive, from—

(i)any of the transferred sums or assets, or

(ii)sums or assets which so arise or derive,

as if references to normal minimum pension age were to the member’s protected pension age under the first relevant registered pension scheme from which there was a relevant transfer of the sums or assets (see paragraph 23ZB(7)).

(5)In this paragraph “relevant registered pension scheme” means a pension scheme that is not a uniformed services pension scheme (as defined in section 279(4)).]

[F2123A(1)Where—U.K.

(a)paragraph 19 applies to a benefit crystallisation event occurring in relation to an individual, and

(b)the benefit crystallisation event consists in the individual becoming entitled to a pension or a pension commencement lump sum,

paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 29 has effect as if CSLA were the current standard lifetime allowance reduced by the relevant percentage (within the meaning of paragraph 19).

(2)Sub-paragraph (3) applies where, after the occurrence in relation to an individual of a benefit crystallisation event in relation to which paragraph 19 has had effect, another benefit crystallisation event occurs in relation to the individual.

(3)If the amount crystallised on the previous benefit crystallisation event exceeded the available amount of the individual's lifetime allowance at the time of that benefit crystallisation event, paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 29 has effect as if, for the purposes of AAC, the amount crystallised were the available amount of the individual's lifetime allowance at that time.]

Lump sum rights exceeding £375,000: primary and enhanced protectionU.K.

24(1)If the lump sum condition and the registration condition are met in relation to an individual—U.K.

(a)paragraphs 27 to 29 (which modify Schedule 29 in relation to pension commencement lump sums), and

(b)paragraph 30 (which makes provision about scheme chargeable payments),

apply in relation to the individual.

(2)The lump sum condition is met if on 5th April 2006 the amount of an individual’s total lump sum rights exceeds £375,000 (25% of the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year 2006-07).

(3)Paragraph 25 defines the amount of an individual’s total lump sum rights on that date.

(4)The registration condition is met if either or both of the notice requirements is met.

(5)The first notice requirement is met if notice of intention to rely on paragraph 7 (primary protection) is given to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulations under that paragraph in relation to the individual.

(6)The second notice requirement is met if notice of intention to rely on paragraph 12 (enhanced protection) is given to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulations under that paragraph in relation to the individual.

25(1)The amount of an individual’s total lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 is—U.K.

(2)The value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 is the aggregate value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights on that date under each relevant pension arrangement relating to the individual.

(3)An uncrystallised lump sum right is a right to a lump sum which on 5th April 2006 is prospective (rather than actual).

(4)An arrangement is a “relevant pension arrangement”if it is an arrangement under a pension scheme within paragraph 1(1).

(5)The value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under an arrangement on 5th April 2006—

(a)in the case of an arrangement under a pension scheme falling within paragraph 1(1)(f), is 25% of the value of the funds held for the purposes of the arrangement on that date, and

(b)in the case of any other arrangement, is an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (6).

(6)The amount is the amount of any lump sum to which the individual would have been entitled under the arrangement on 5th April 2006 on the assumption that the individual became entitled to the present payment of a lump sum under the arrangement on that date.

(7)In calculating an amount in accordance with sub-paragraph (6) the valuation assumptions apply but as if the reference to such age (if any) as must have been reached to avoid any reduction in benefits on account of age in paragraph (a) of section 277 were to the relevant age; and for this purpose “the relevant age” is—

(a)if on 10th December 2003 the terms of the arrangement made provision for a reduction in the amount of benefits payable in respect of rights under the arrangement on account of the holder of the rights being below a particular age, that age, and

(b)otherwise, 60.

26(1)This paragraph applies if any of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 are rights under one or more arrangements under a pension scheme or schemes within paragraph 1(1)(a) to (d).U.K.

(2)The value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 under the arrangement, or the aggregate of the values of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 under such of the arrangements as relate to a particular employment, is F22...—

(a)the value, or the aggregate of the values, calculated under paragraph 25, [F23or (if lower)]

(b)the maximum permitted lump sum.

(3)“The maximum permitted lump sum” means

[F24(a)in the case of an arrangement under a pension scheme which immediately before 6th April 2006 was within section [F25611A(1)(a)] of ICTA, the maximum lump sum that could be paid to the individual under the pension scheme on 5th April 2006, and

(b)in any other case,]

the maximum lump sum that could be paid to the individual on 5th April 2006 under the arrangement or arrangements if it or they were made under a pension scheme within paragraph 1(1)(a) without giving the Board of Inland Revenue grounds for withdrawing approval of the pension scheme under section 591B of ICTA.

(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) it is to be assumed—

(a)[F26in the case of any arrangement, that] if the individual was in the employment to which the arrangement or arrangements relates or relate on 5th April [F272006] the individual left the employment on that date, and

[F28(aa)in the case of an arrangement within sub-paragraph (3)(a), that the valuation assumptions apply (see section 277),]

(b)[F29in the case of any other arrangement, that] if the individual had not reached the lowest age at which a lump sum may be paid under a pension scheme within paragraph 1(1)(a) to a person in good health without giving the Board of Inland Revenue grounds for withdrawing the approval of the pension [F30scheme] that fact would not give the Board such grounds.

(5)Whether an arrangement relating to an individual relates to an employment is to be determined in accordance with paragraph 9(6).

27(1)If (and for so long as) paragraph 12 (enhanced protection) applies in relation to the individual, paragraph 2 of Schedule 29 applies in relation to the individual with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)If the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 (calculated in accordance with paragraphs 25 and 26) was nil, the permitted maximum under paragraph 2 is nil.

(3)Otherwise, paragraph 2 applies as if for sub-paragraphs (5) to (8) there were substituted—

“(5)If sub-paragraph (2) does not apply, the permitted maximum is [F31the lower of—

(a)the applicable amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 3, and

(b)the amount that would have been the applicable amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 if the lump sum had been paid on 5 April 2023.”]

28(1)If paragraph 12 (enhanced protection) does not apply in relation to the individual, paragraph 2 of Schedule 29 applies in relation to the individual with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)If the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 (calculated in accordance with paragraphs 25 and 26) was nil, the permitted maximum under paragraph 2 is nil.

(3)Otherwise, paragraph 2 applies as if for [F32sub-paragraphs (5) to (7A)] there were substituted—

“(5)If sub-paragraph (2) does not apply, the permitted maximum is the available portion of the member’s lump sum allowance.

(6)The available portion of the member’s lump sum allowance is—

[F33(6A)The adjustment referred to in the definition of VULSR is the multiplication of the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 by—

[F33(7)The adjustment of the amount of a pension commencement lump sum to which the individual has previously become entitled referred to in the definition of APCLS is the multiplication of the amount by—

[F36(7A)The underpinned lifetime allowance” is the greater of the current standard lifetime allowance and £1,800,000 (the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year 2011-12).”]

29(1)If (and for so long as) paragraph 12 (enhanced protection) applies in relation to the individual, paragraph 3 of Schedule 29 (applicable amount) applies with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)Paragraph 3 applies as if for sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) there were substituted—

“(1)Where the member becomes entitled to income withdrawal, the applicable amount is—

(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) there is to be deducted from the aggregate of the lump sum and the amount of the sums and the market value of the assets designated as available for the payment of [F37drawdown pension] so much (if any) of that amount as represents rights which are attributable to a disqualifying pension credit.

(3)Where the member becomes entitled to a lifetime annuity, the applicable amount is—

(3)Paragraph 3 applies as if for sub-paragraphs (5) to [F38(7A)] there were substituted—

“(5)There is to be deducted from the aggregate of the amount of the lump sum and the annuity purchase price—

(a)if the annuity is purchased (in whole or in part) by the application of sums or assets representing the whole or part of the [F39member's drawdown pension fund] [F40or flexi-access drawdown fund], the aggregate of the amount of those sums and the market value of those assets, and

(b)in any case, so much (if any) of the aggregate of the lump sum and the annuity purchase price as represents rights which are attributable to a disqualifying pension credit.

(6)Where the member becomes entitled to a scheme pension [F41under a defined benefits arrangement] [F42or a collective money purchase arrangement], the applicable amount is—

but subject to sub-paragraph (8).

(7)In sub-paragraph (6)—

[F44(7A)Where the member becomes entitled to a scheme pension under a money purchase arrangement [F45that is not a collective money purchase arrangement], the applicable amount is (subject to sub-paragraph (8))—

[F46(4)Paragraph 3 applies as if in sub-paragraph (8A)(a) for “is one third of” there were substituted “is—

(5)Paragraph 3 applies as if in sub-paragraph (8A)(b) for “is one third of the sums, plus one third of” there were substituted “is—

30(1)Any part of a lump sum falling within paragraph 1 (1) of Schedule 29 which—U.K.

(a)under paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule is not a pension commencement lump sum (because the lump sum exceeds the permitted maximum), and

(b)is an unauthorised payment,

is to be treated as exempt from being scheme chargeable (under section 241(2)) if the condition in sub-paragraph (2) is met.

(2)The condition is that it would not have been an unauthorised payment if—

(a)paragraphs 27 and 29 (in the case of an individual in relation to whom paragraph 12 applies), or

(b)paragraph 28 (in the case of an individual in relation to whom paragraph 12 does not apply),

had not applied.

Entitlement to lump sums exceeding 25% of uncrystallised rightsU.K.

31(1)If the pension condition is met in relation to an individual and a registered pension scheme which is a protected pension scheme, the provisions of Schedule 29 relating to pension commencement lump sums apply in relation to the individual and the pension scheme with the modifications specified in paragraph 34 (but subject to sub-paragraph (2)).U.K.

(2)Those provisions do not apply with those modifications if the lump sum condition and registration condition in paragraph 24 are met.

(3)The pension condition is that the individual becomes entitled to all the pensions payable to the individual under arrangements under the pension scheme (to which the individual did not have an actual entitlement on or before 5th April 2006) on the same date.

(4)A registered pension scheme is a protected pension scheme if condition A or condition B is met.

(5)Condition A is met if—

(a)the pension scheme was within any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 1(1), and

(b)on 5th April 2006 the lump sum percentage of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the pension scheme exceeded 25%.

(6)The lump sum percentage of an individual’s uncrystallised pension rights under a pension scheme on 5th April 2006 is—

(7)Condition B is met if the individual is a member of the pension scheme [F47(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a)a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b)a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.]

(8)“Block transfer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 22(6) [F48and (6A)], but treating the references there to the member as references to the individual [F49and reading paragraph 22(6A)(c) as if its reference to paragraph 22(7)(a) were a reference to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph.]

(9)Where a pension scheme is a protected pension scheme because condition B is met, Schedule 29 as modified by paragraph 34 applies as if the protected pension scheme were the same pension scheme as the original pension scheme.

32(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the pension scheme on 5th April 2006 is the aggregate of the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under each arrangement in respect of the individual under the pension scheme, calculated in accordance with paragraph 25(5), on that date.U.K.

(2)If the pension scheme is a relevant pension scheme, the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 under an arrangement—

(a)which relates to a particular employment, and

(b)in relation to which the excess lump sum condition is met (see sub-paragraph (5) or (6)),

is the amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (7) or (8).

(3)A pension scheme is a relevant pension scheme if it falls within paragraph 1(1)(a) to (d).

(4)Whether an arrangement relating to the individual relates to a particular employment is to be determined in accordance with paragraph 9(6).

(5)If no other arrangement relating to the individual under a relevant pension scheme relates to the employment to which the arrangement relates, the excess lump sum condition is met in relation to the arrangement if—

(a)the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the arrangement calculated in accordance with paragraph 25(5), exceeds

(b)the amount arrived at in relation to the arrangement in accordance with paragraph 26.

(6)If one or more other arrangements relating to the individual under a relevant pension scheme or relevant pension schemes relates or relate to the employment to which the arrangement relates, the excess lump sum condition is met in relation to the arrangement if—

(a)the aggregate of the values of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the arrangement and the other arrangement or arrangements, calculated in accordance with paragraph 25(5), exceeds

(b)the amount arrived at in relation to those arrangements in accordance with paragraph 26;

and the amount by which the aggregate of those values exceeds that amount is the “lump sum excess”.

(7)Where the excess lump sum condition is met by virtue of sub-paragraph (5), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the arrangement is the amount arrived at in accordance with paragraph 26.

(8)Where the excess lump sum condition is met by virtue of sub-paragraph (6), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the arrangement is the value of those rights calculated in accordance with paragraph 25(5), less the appropriate proportion of the lump sum excess.

(9)The appropriate proportion of the lump sum excess is—

33(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the pension scheme on 5th April 2006 is the aggregate of the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under each arrangement in respect of the individual under the pension scheme, calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(5).U.K.

(2)If the pension scheme is a relevant pension scheme, the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights on 5th April 2006 under an arrangement—

(a)which relates to a particular employment, and

(b)in relation to which the excess rights condition is met (see sub-paragraph (5) or (6)),

is the amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (7) or (8).

(3)A pension scheme is a relevant pension scheme if it falls within paragraph 1(1)(a) to (d).

(4)Whether an arrangement relating to the individual relates to a particular employment is to be determined in accordance with paragraph 9(6).

(5)If no other arrangement relating to the individual under a relevant pension scheme relates to the employment to which the arrangement relates, the excess rights condition is met in relation to the arrangement if—

(a)the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the arrangement calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(5), exceeds

(b)the amount arrived at in relation to the arrangement in accordance with paragraph 9(3).

(6)If one or more other arrangements relating to the individual under a relevant pension scheme or relevant pension schemes relates or relate to the employment to which the arrangement relates, the excess rights condition is met in relation to the arrangement if—

(a)the aggregate of the values of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the arrangement and the other arrangement or arrangements, calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(5), exceeds

(b)the amount arrived at in relation to those arrangements in accordance with paragraph 9(3);

and the amount by which the aggregate of those values exceeds that amount is the “rights excess”.

(7)Where the excess rights condition is met by virtue of sub-paragraph (5), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the arrangement is the amount arrived at in accordance with paragraph 9(3).

(8)Where the excess rights condition is met by virtue of sub-paragraph (6), the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the arrangement is the value of those rights calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(5), less the appropriate proportion of the rights excess.

(9)The appropriate proportion of the rights excess is—

34(1)Schedule 29 applies with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)Paragraph 2 applies as if the reference in sub-paragraph (2) to the arrangement under which the member becomes entitled to the relevant pension were to the pension scheme and for sub-paragraphs (5) to (8) there were substituted—

“(5)If paragraph 2(2) does not apply F50..., the permitted maximum is—F51

F52(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)In this paragraph—

VULSR is the value of the individual’s uncrystallised lump sum rights under the pension scheme on 5th April 2006, calculated in accordance with paragraph 32 of Schedule 36,

[F53ULA is the underpinned lifetime allowance,]

FSLA is £1,500,000 (the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year 2006-07), and

ALSA is the [F54greater of the additional lump sum amount and nil].

(7A)The additional lump sum amount is—

where—

• LS is the lump sum paid (but this is subject to [F55sub-paragraphs (7AA) and (7B)]),

• [F56AC is -

  (a)

  in a case where the member becomes entitled to the pension in connection with which the lump sum is paid before reaching the age of 75, the amount crystallised by reason of the member becoming entitled to the pension, and

  (b)

  in a case where the member becomes entitled to that pension after reaching that age, the amount that would have been so crystallised but for paragraph 2 of Schedule 32,

  (but this is subject to sub-paragraphs [F57(7AA) to (7B))],] F58...

• VUR is the value of the individual’s uncrystallised rights under the pension scheme on 5th April 2006, calculated in accordance with paragraph 33 of Schedule 36[F59, and

• CSLA is the current standard lifetime allowance.]

[F60(7AA)Where the pension in connection with which the lump sum is paid is a scheme pension under a money purchase arrangement [F61that is not a collective money purchase arrangement], AC is the scheme pension purchase price, as it would be defined by paragraph 3 if the words “but subject to sub-paragraph (8)” in sub-paragraph (7A) and sub-paragraph (8) were omitted.]

[F62(7AB)Where paragraph 1A applies to the lump sum, AC is the total of—

(a)the sums held, at the time the lump sum is paid, for the purpose of providing the pension at that time expected to be the pension in connection with which the lump sum is paid, and

(b)the market value at that time of the assets held at that time for that purpose.

(7AC)Where paragraph 1B applies to the lump sum, AC is the total of—

(a)the sums held, at the time the lump sum is paid, for the purpose of providing the expected pension (see paragraph 1B(2)(b)), and

(b)the market value at that time of the assets held at that time for that purpose.]

[F63(7AZA)The underpinned lifetime allowance” is the greater of the current standard lifetime allowance and £1,800,000 (the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year 2011-12).]

(7B)Any part of [F64what would otherwise be LS or AC] which represents rights attributable to a disqualifying pension credit is to be disregarded.

F52(7C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”

(3)Omit paragraph 3 (applicable amount for pension commencement lump sums) [F65(but without prejudice to its operation for the purposes of paragraph 2(7AA) of Schedule 29 as inserted by sub-paragraph (2))].

Winding-up lump sums paid by former approved superannuation fundsU.K.

35(1)For the tax year 2006-07, Schedule 29 (authorised lump sums) applies in relation to former approved superannuation funds with the modifications specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).U.K.

(2)Paragraph 10 (winding-up lump sums) applies as if the following were omitted—

(a)sub-paragraph (1)(c) and (d),

(b)sub-paragraph (2), and

(c)sub-paragraph (3).

(3)Paragraph 11 (lifetime allowance excess lump sums) applies as if at the end of paragraph (b) there were inserted “or a winding-up lump sum”.

(4)Section 636B of ITEPA 2003 (taxation of trivial commutation and winding-up lump sums) applies in relation to a winding-up lump sum paid by a former approved superannuation fund in the tax year 2006-07 as if—

(a)in subsection (2), after “equal to” there were inserted “75% of”, and

(b)subsection (3) were omitted.

(5)“Former approved superannuation fund” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(3).

Right to payment of lump sum death benefitU.K.

36(1)This paragraph applies to a member of a registered pension scheme if on 5th April 2006—U.K.

(a)the pension scheme is within any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 1(1),

(b)the member has an actual (rather than a prospective) right to a pension under an arrangement under the pension scheme, and

(c)under the arrangement a lump sum death benefit is payable if the member dies within the guarantee period.

(2)The guarantee period is the period of five years beginning with the day on which the member became entitled to the pension or, if later, the day on which the pension was first paid.

(3)If the member dies after having reached the age of 75 and before the end of the guarantee period—

(a)paragraph 14 of Schedule 29 (pension protection lump sum death benefit), [F66and]

(b)paragraph 16 of that Schedule (annuity protection lump sum death benefit), F67...

F67(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

apply in relation to the member and the arrangement with the following modifications.

F68(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)Paragraph 14 (1) applies as if paragraph (d) were omitted.

(6)Paragraph 14(2) applies as if the reference to the pension protection limit were to the transitional protection limit.

(7)Paragraph 16(2) applies as if the reference to the annuity protection limit were to the transitional protection limit.

F69(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)Section 206 (1) (special lump sum death benefits charge) does not apply to any pension protection lump sum death benefit [F70or annuity protection lump sum death benefit] or unsecured pension fund lump sum death benefit paid by virtue of [F71sub-paragraphs (3) to (7)].

(10)If the member dies before having reached the age of 75 and before the end of the guarantee period—

(a)section 206 (1) does not apply to so much of any pension protection lump sum death benefit [F72or annuity protection lump sum death benefit] or unsecured pension fund lump sum death benefit paid under the arrangement as does not exceed the transitional protection limit, and

(b)if the arrangement is a defined benefits arrangement, paragraph 14(1)(d) of Schedule 29 is to be treated as satisfied in relation to so much of the lump sum death benefit paid under the arrangement as does not exceed the transitional protection limit.

(11)The transitional protection limit is—