SCHEDULES
C1C3SCHEDULE 36Pension schemes etc: transitional provisions and savings
Sch. 36 applied (1.6.2018) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/141), regs. 1(1), 48(2)
C2Part 2Pre-commencement rights: F8enhancement of allowances etc
Words in Sch. 36 Pt. 2 heading substituted (6.4.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 66, 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)
Sch. 36 Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.5.2010) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Tax) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1187), regs. 1(1), 5-11
“Primary protection”
F111D
1
Sub-paragraph (2) applies where any of the lump sum death benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 11B would have been payable under a policy of life insurance held for the purposes of a pension scheme and on 5th April 2006 the pension scheme either—
a
was not an occupational pension scheme, or
b
was an occupational pension scheme with fewer than 20 members.
2
The lump sum death benefit is only to be taken into account in arriving at the aggregate mentioned in that sub-paragraph if—
a
a sum was paid under the policy when the individual actually died, and
b
the terms of the policy had not been varied significantly during the period beginning with 5th April 2006 and ending with the death;
and any exercise of rights conferred by the policy is to be regarded for this purpose as a variation.
F22A
A variation of the terms of a policy of life insurance made in order to comply with F4Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010, so far as relating to age, or the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (or any regulations amending or replacing F5those Regulations.) is to be ignored for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2).
2B
Where a policy of life insurance held on 5th April 2006 for the purposes of an occupational pension scheme is surrendered and a new one is taken out—
a
as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise, or
b
the new policy is to be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) as if it were the same as the old.
2C
For this purpose a policy of life insurance is surrendered and a new one is taken out as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise if—
a
the surrender of the old policy and taking out of the new policy constitute or form part of a transaction the purpose of which is to secure that the activities of the pension scheme are limited to retirement-benefit activities within the meaning of section 255 of the Pensions Act 2004 or Article 232 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, and
b
the rights under the old policy and the new policy are not significantly different.
3
Sub-paragraph (4) applies where any of the lump sum death benefits mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 11B would have been payable under an occupational pension scheme.
4
The lump sum death benefit is only to be taken into account in arriving at the aggregate mentioned in that sub-paragraph if—
a
the individual was employed by a person on 5th April 2006 and continued to be employed by that person or a person connected with that person until the time when the individual died,
b
that person was a sponsoring employer in relation to the pension scheme on 5th April 2006, and
c
the individual had not become entitled to the present payment of benefits in respect of rights under the pension scheme before the time when the individual died.
F35
For the purposes of this paragraph whether a person is connected with another person is determined in accordance with section 993 of ITA 2007.
Sch. 36 modified by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/572), art. 23D (as inserted (1.6.2009) by S.I. 2009/1172, arts. 1, 3)