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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.
where—
VCPR is the value of the individual’s relevant crystallised pension rights on 5th April 2006, calculated in accordance with paragraph 10, and
VULSR is the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on that date.
(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 F1...—
(a)the value, or the aggregate of the values, calculated under paragraph 25, [F2or (if lower)]
(b)the maximum permitted lump sum.
(3)“The maximum permitted lump sum” means
[F3(a)in the case of an arrangement under a pension scheme which immediately before 6th April 2006 was within section [F4611A(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)[F5in 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 [F62006] the individual left the employment on that date, and
[F7(aa)in the case of an arrangement within sub-paragraph (3)(a), that the valuation assumptions apply (see section 277),]
(b)[F8in 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 [F9scheme] 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).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 36 para. 26(2) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(7)(a), 64(1), Sch. 11 Pt. 4
F2Words in Sch. 36 para. 26(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(7)(b), 64(1)
F3Words in Sch. 36 para. 26(3) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(8), 64(1)
F4Word in Sch. 36 para. 26(3)(a) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 45
F5Words in Sch. 36 para. 26(4)(a) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(9)(a), 64(1)
F6Word in Sch. 36 para. 26(4)(a) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(9)(a), 64(1)
F7Sch. 36 para. 26(4)(aa) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(9)(b), 64(1)
F8Words in Sch. 36 para. 26(4)(b) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(9)(c), 64(1)
F9Word in Sch. 36 para. 26(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 52(9)(c), 64(1)
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 the applicable amount, calculated in accordance with paragraph 3.”
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 [F10sub-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—
where—
VULSR is the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006 (calculated in accordance with paragraphs 25 and 26 of Schedule 36), as adjusted under sub-paragraph (6A), and
APCLS is the aggregate of the amounts of each pension commencement lump sum to which the individual has previously become entitled, as adjusted under sub-paragraph (7) (or, if the individual has not previously become entitled to a pension commencement lump sum, is nil).
[F11(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—
where—
[F12ULA is the underpinned lifetime allowance, and]
FSLA is £1,500,000 (the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year 2006-07).]
[F11(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—
where—
[F12ULA is the underpinned lifetime allowance, and]
PSLA is the standard lifetime allowance at the time the individual became entitled to the lump sum.]
[F13(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).”]
Textual Amendments
F10Words in Sch. 36 para. 28(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 paras. 85, 102 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 82(3)
F11Word in Sch. 36 para. 28(3) formula substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 10(2)(a)
F12Words in Sch. 36 para. 28(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 10(2)(b)
F13Words in Sch. 36 para. 28(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 10(3)
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—
where—
VULSR is the value of the individual’s relevant uncrystallised lump sum rights on 5th April 2006, calculated in accordance with paragraphs 25 and 26 of Schedule 36,
VUR is the value of the individual’s uncrystallised pension rights on 5th April 2006, calculated in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of that Schedule,
LS is the lump sum paid, and
AD is the aggregate of the amount of the sums, and the market value of the assets, designated as available for the payment of [F14drawdown pension] on that occasion.
(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 [F14drawdown 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—
where—
VULSR, VUR and LS have the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (1), and
APP is the annuity purchase price.”
(3)Paragraph 3 applies as if for sub-paragraphs (5) to [F15(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 [F16member's drawdown pension 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 [F17under a defined benefits arrangement], the applicable amount is—
but subject to sub-paragraph (8).
(7)In sub-paragraph (6)—
VULSR, VUR and LS have the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (1), and
[F18AC is—
in a case where the member becomes entitled to the pension before reaching the age of 75, the amount crystallised by reason of the member becoming entitled to the pension, and
in a case where the member becomes entitled to the pension after reaching that age, the amount that would have been so crystallised but for paragraph 2 of Schedule 32.]
[F19(7A)Where the member becomes entitled to a scheme pension under a money purchase arrangement, the applicable amount is (subject to sub-paragraph (8))—
where—
VULSR, VUR and LS have the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (1), and
SPPP is the scheme pension purchase price.”]
[F20(4)Paragraph 3 applies as if in sub-paragraph (8A)(a) for “is one third of” there were substituted “is—
where VULSR, VUR and LS have the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (1), and CAPP 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—
where VULSR, VUR and LS have the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (1), and EP is the total of the sums, and”.]
Textual Amendments
F14Words in Sch. 36 para. 29(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 paras. 85, 102 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 82(4)(a)
F15Word in Sch. 36 para. 29(3) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 24(2)
F16Words in Sch. 36 para. 29(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 paras. 85, 102 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 82(4)(b)(i)
F17Words in Sch. 36 para. 29(3) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 24(3)
F18Words in Sch. 36 para. 29(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 paras. 85, 102 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 82(4)(b)(ii)
F19Words in Sch. 36 para. 29(3) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 24(4)
F20Sch. 36 para. 29(4)(5) inserted (19.3.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 5 paras. 8, 15
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.
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