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The Pension Schemes (Voluntary Contributions Requirements and Voluntary and Compulsory Membership) Regulations 1987, Section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 17 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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2.—(1) [F1Section 111(1)] (voluntary contributions requirements) shall not apply to the rules of any public service pension scheme unless it is an exempt approved scheme for the purposes of section 21 of the Finance Act 1970 M1.
(2) [F1Section 111(1)] shall not apply to the rules of any personal pension scheme in so far as it is comprised in an annuity contract made before [F21st July 1988].
(3) Section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme in so far as they relate to the payment by a member of any sum as voluntary contributions where that payment would not qualify for relief from tax in accordance with section 21(4) or 22(2) of the Finance Act 1970 M2.
(4) Section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme in so far as they provide that a member of the scheme must give the trustees or managers of the scheme notice, of a period not exceeding 12 months, of his intention to pay voluntary contributions at a specified rate or to vary that rate.
(5) Section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] shall not apply to the rules of any personal pension scheme in so far as they relate to a member whose rights under the scheme derive only from one or more transfer payments.
(6) Section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] shall not apply to the rules of any occupational pension scheme (“the first scheme”) in so far as they relate to a member—
(a)in respect of whose current pensionable service the scheme will provide benefit only on his death; or
(b)whose pensionable service either has not begun or has terminated; or
(c)who is either within one year of reaching, or has reached, normal pension age; or
(d)who is, or is eligible to become, a member of at least one other occupational pension scheme which applies to the same employment as the first scheme and which—
(i)if he is a member of it, complies in relation to him, or, if he is not a member of it, would comply in relation to him if he were, with the voluntary contributions requirements, and
(ii)is not a scheme which, if he is a member of it, falls in relation to him, or, if he is not a member of it, would fall in relation to him if he were, to be regarded as a scheme excepted from the application of section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] by virtue of paragraph (1), (2), (5) or (6)(a), (b) or (c) of this regulation.
[F4(6A) Section [F3111(1)(a) and (b)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme which provides that the only contributions payable in respect of a member shall be the minimum contributions payable by the Secretary of State in respect of that member under [F5section 43] of the Act if—
(a)the scheme is an appropriate schemeF6...; and
(b)the member to whom the limitation applies is concurrently a member of an occupational pension scheme; and
(c)the scheme is currently the member’s chosen scheme under [F7section 44] of the Act; and
(d)the member has entered into a written agreement with the trustees or managers of the scheme that this regulation shall apply in his case.]
(7) [F8Section 111(1)(b)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme in so far as they impose, or allow any person to impose, a lower limit on the payment by a member of voluntary contributions in respect of any tax year if that lower limit is not higher than the amount specified in paragraph (8) of this regulation.
(8) The amount last mentioned in paragraph (7) of this regulation is 0.5 per cent. of the member's earnings in that tax year, or, if it is greater, 3 times the lower earnings limit (within the meaning of section 1 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 M3 for that tax year.
(9) In paragraph (8) of this regulation, “member's earnings” means—
(a)in the case of a member of a personal pension scheme, his earnings attributable to his employment as an employed earner; or
(b)in the case of a member of an occupational pension scheme, his earnings attributable to his relevant employment,
in respect of which secondary Class 1 contributions are payable.
(10) [F8Section 111(1)(b)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme in so far as they impose, or allow any person to impose, an upper limit on the payment by a member of voluntary contributions which is equivalent to the maximum amount which, ignoring any remuneration in kind, could be paid in any period without prejudicing the qualification of the scheme for tax-exemption or tax-approval.
(11) [F9Section 111(1)(c) and (d)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme in relation to a member's voluntary contributions to the extent that those contributions are paid under an agreement—
(a)which was made before the date on which [F9section 12 of the Social Security Act 1986 (from which section 111 of the Act is derived)] came into force; and
(b)which has not, since that date, been varied.
(12) [F10Section 111(1)(d)(ii)] shall not apply to the rules of any scheme to the extent that the additional benefits provided in accordance with them are money purchase benefits.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1)(2) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (15.12.1987) by S.I. 1987/1933, reg. 1, 3
F3Words in reg. 2(3)(4)(5)(6)(6A) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(b)
F4Reg. 2(6A) inserted (1.7.1988) by S.I. 1988/830 reg. 1(2)(b), 2
F5Words in reg. 2(6A) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(c)(i)
F6Words in reg. 2(6A)(a) omitted (12.5.1994) by virtue of The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(c)(ii)
F7Words in reg. 2(6A)(c) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(c)(iii)
F8Words in reg. 2(7)(10) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(d)
F9Words in reg. 2(11) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(e)
F10Words in reg. 2(12) substituted (12.5.1994) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1062), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(f)
Marginal Citations
M11970 c. 24; section 21(6) was repealed by the Finance Act 1971 (c. 68), sections 56(3) and 69(7) and Schedule 14, Part IV; section 21(10) and (11) was repealed by the Finance Act 1971, section 69(7) and Schedule 14, Part I.
M2Section 22(2) was amended by the Finance Act 1972 (c. 41), section 74(3).
M3Section 1(2) was amended by section 74(6) of the Social Security Act 1986.
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