Finance Act 2005

Transitional provisions: block transfers

55 (1) Schedule 36 (transitional provisions) is amended as follows.

(2) Paragraph 22 (right to take pension before normal minimum pension age: protected pension scheme where original pension scheme within paragraph 1(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e)) is amended as follows.

(3) In sub-paragraph (5) (condition B: membership due to block transfer from original pension scheme), for the words after “the pension scheme” substitute “(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a) a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b) a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.”

(4) For paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (6) substitute—

“(b) either the member was not a member of the pension scheme to which the transfer is made before the transfer or he has been a member of that pension scheme for no longer than such period as is prescribed by regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.”

(5) In paragraph 23(5) (right to take pension before normal minimum pension age: condition B in case of protected pension scheme where original pension scheme within paragraph 1(1)(f) or (g)), for the words after “the pension scheme” substitute “(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a) a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b) a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.”

(6) In paragraph 31(7) (entitlement to lump sums exceeding 25% of uncrystallised rights: condition B), for the words after “the pension scheme” substitute “(“a transferee pension scheme”) as a result of—

(a) a block transfer from the pension scheme (“the original pension scheme”) in relation to which condition A is met to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b) a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.”

(7) In paragraph 51(5) (pre-commencement entitlement to corresponding relief), for the words after “a pension scheme” insert “(“a transferee pension scheme”) if there has been—

(a) a block transfer from the pension scheme within sub-paragraph (1) (“the original pension scheme”) to the transferee pension scheme, or

(b) a block transfer to the transferee pension scheme from a pension scheme that was a transferee pension scheme in relation to the original pension scheme by virtue of the previous application of paragraph (a) or the previous application (on one or more occasions) of this paragraph.”