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The Pension Sharing (Implementation and Discharge of Liability) Regulations 2000

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Circumstances in which an application for an extension of the implementation period may be madeE+W+S

3.  The circumstances in which an application may be made for the purposes of section 33(4) of the 1999 Act (application for extension of period within which pension credit liability is to be discharged) are that the application is made to the Regulatory Authority before the end of the implementation period; and—

(a)the Regulatory Authority is satisfied that—

(i)the scheme is being wound up or is about to be wound up;

(ii)the scheme is ceasing to be a contracted-out scheme;

(iii)the financial interests of the members of the scheme generally will be prejudiced if the trustees or managers do what is needed to discharge their liability for the pension credit within that period;

(iv)the transferor or the transferee has not taken such steps as the trustees or managers can reasonably expect in order to satisfy them of any matter which falls to be established before they can properly discharge their liability for the pension credit;

(v)the trustees or managers have not been provided with such information as they reasonably require properly to discharge their liability for the pension credit within the implementation period;

(vi)the transferor or the transferee has disputed the amount of the cash equivalent calculated and verified for the purposes of section 29 of the 1999 Act (creation of pension debits and credits);

(b)the provisions of section 53 of the 1993 Act M1 (supervision: former contracted-out schemes) apply; or

(c)the application has been made on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (a) or (b), and the Regulatory Authority’s consideration of the application cannot be completed before the end of the implementation period.

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M1Section 53 was amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act 1995 and by paragraphs 52 and 53 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999.

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