SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5E+W+SPension compensation payable on discharge of pension compensation credit

Part 1E+W+SIntroductory

IntroductoryE+W+S

1E+W+SThis Schedule applies for the purposes of determining the compensation payable to or in respect of a person entitled to compensation on the discharge of a pension compensation credit in accordance with this Chapter.

InterpretationE+W+S

2E+W+SIn this Schedule—

  • “the initial annual rate of compensation” is the amount determined by the Board under section 116(4);

  • “the pension compensation age” of the transferee is the age determined in accordance with paragraph 3.

Pension compensation ageE+W+S

3(1)This paragraph applies for the purpose of determining the transferee's “pension compensation age”.E+W+S

(2)Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) apply where the transferor's PPF compensation, or any of it, is determined under Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35).

(3)Where the transferor's right to PPF compensation arises by virtue of his or her status as a member of a pension scheme for which the Board assumed responsibility in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 2 of that Act, the transferee's pension compensation age is the same as—

(a)the normal pension age of the transferor, or

(b)where the transferor was a pension credit member, the normal benefit age of the transferor.

(4)Where the transferor's right to PPF compensation arises by virtue of his or her status as a person connected with a member of a scheme for which the Board assumed responsibility in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 2 of that Act, the transferee's pension compensation age is the same as—

(a)the normal pension age of that member, or

(b)where that member was a pension credit member, the normal benefit age of that member.

(5)Sub-paragraph (6) applies where the transferor's PPF compensation is determined only under this Schedule.

(6)The transferee's pension compensation age is the same as the pension compensation age of the transferor.

(7)In this paragraph, “normal benefit age”, “normal pension age” and “pension credit member” have the same meanings as in Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004.