Amendment of the Pension Sharing (Safeguarded Rights) Regulations 200013

1

The Pension Sharing (Safeguarded Rights) Regulations 200029 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

2

In regulation 5 (valuation of safeguarded rights in money purchase schemes), after “derived” insert—

  • ,

  • are calculated

3

In regulation 6 (ways of giving effect to safeguarded rights—money purchase schemes)—

a

in paragraph (1)—

i

after “member” insert “either”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (a) delete “either”;

b

in paragraph (8) for the words from “practicable,” to the end of that paragraph substitute the following words—

“practicable, of a lump sum or a pension or annuity, or both a lump sum and a pension or annuity in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 of the Pension Sharing (Implementation and Discharge of Liability) Regulations 2000 (discharge of liability in respect of a pension credit following the death of the person entitled to the pension credit).”.

4

In regulation 7 (the pension and annuity requirements—money purchase schemes), after paragraph (6) insert the following paragraph—

7

In this regulation “the termination date” has the meaning given by regulation 6(10).

5

In regulation 9 (ways of giving effect to safeguarded rights—salary related schemes)—

a

for paragraph (4) substitute the following paragraph—

4

The circumstances specified in this paragraph are that effect may be given to safeguarded rights by the provision of—

a

a lump sum in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3 or 4 of the Pension Credit Benefit Regulations; or

b

a lump sum or a pension or annuity, or both a lump sum and a pension or annuity, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 of the Pension Sharing (Implementation and Discharge of Liability) Regulations 2000.

b

in paragraph (9), in the definition of “serious ill health” for “regulation 3(5)” substitute “regulation 3(4)”.