Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

26 Interpretation of Part III. E+W+S

(1) In this Part—

• “occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in the M1 Pension Schemes Act 1993;

• “pension arrangement” means

  (a)

  an occupational pension scheme,

  (b)

  a personal pension scheme,

  (c)

  a retirement annuity contract,

  (d)

  an annuity or insurance policy purchased, or transferred, for the purpose of giving effect to rights under an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme, and

  (e)

  an annuity purchased, or entered into, for the purpose of discharging liability in respect of a pension credit under section 29(1)(b) or under corresponding Northern Ireland legislation;

• “personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• [F1 “retirement annuity contract” means an annuity contract or trust scheme approved under section 620 or 621 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or a substituted contract within the meaning of section 622(3) of that Act which became a registered pension scheme by virtue of paragraph 1(1)(f) of Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2004,]

• “trustees or managers”, in relation to an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme, means—

  (a)

  in the case of a scheme established under a trust, the trustees of the scheme, and

  (b)

  in any other case, the managers of the scheme.

(2) References to the person responsible for a pension arrangement are—

(a) in the case of an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme, to the trustees or managers of the scheme,

(b) in the case of a retirement annuity contract or an annuity falling within paragraph (d) or (e) of the definition of “pension arrangement” above, the provider of the annuity, and

(c) in the case of an insurance policy falling within paragraph (d) of the definition of that expression, the insurer.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 26(1) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/745), arts. 1, 15(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 26 applied (15.4.2005 for specified purposes, 5.12.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(2), Sch. 5 para. 29(3); S.I. 2005/1112, art. 2, Sch. 1; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1 S. 26 wholly in force at 1.12.2000; s. 26 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 89(1); s. 26 in force at 1.12.2000 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. IV

Marginal Citations

M1 1993 c. 48.