Transfers out
Application of Chapter IV of Part IV of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993
119.—(1) For sections 8C() (requirements as to transfer, commutation etc. for contracting-out), 15 (discharge of liability) and 16 (transfer of accrued rights) and Chapter IV of Part IV (transfer values) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and any regulations made under any of those sections or that Chapter, the managers of the Scheme in relation to a member are the Committee.
(2) Despite regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996() (pre-1986 leavers), Chapter IV of Part IV of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 shall apply to all members of the Scheme regardless of the date their membership ended.
(3) The references in regulation 4 of those Regulations to regulation 3 of those Regulations include a reference to regulation K7(2) of the 2000 Regulations and any corresponding earlier provisions.
(4) Regulation 5 of those Regulations (treatment of a number of employments as a single employment) only applies if the employments are treated as a single employment for the purposes of the Scheme.
(5) Sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 10(2) of those Regulations (interest on late payment of cash equivalents) does not apply where the member has required the cash equivalent to be paid to a club scheme.
(6) Regulation 18 of those Regulations (termination of pensionable service in certain circumstances to be disregarded) only applies if –
(a)in the case of a termination before the commencement date, no election was made under regulation D12(1)(c) of the 2000 Regulations (or any corresponding earlier provision) in respect of the membership which ended; and
(b)in any case, no election has been made under regulation 34(1) to have the membership which ended aggregated with later service.
Rights to payment out of the fund
120.—(1) The amount of any transfer payment due in respect of a member under Chapter IV of Part IV of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 is payable by the Committee from the fund.
(2) Where such a transfer payment is to be or has been paid from the fund, no other payment or transfer of assets may be made from the fund as respects the accrued rights covered by the transfer payment.
(3) Paragraph (2) overrides anything to the contrary in the former regulations, any other provision of these Regulations or the Transitional Regulations.
Contracting-out requirements affecting transfers out
121.—(1) There must be deducted from the transfer payment to be made in respect of any person –
(a)the amount of any contributions equivalent premium payable pursuant to section 51 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993; or
(b)an amount sufficient to meet the liability in respect of his contracted-out rights.
(2) But the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) may not be deducted where –
(a)the transfer payment is made to an occupational pension scheme which is contracted-out or an appropriate personal pension scheme; and
(b)that scheme’s trustees or managers undertake to accept liability for his contracted-out rights.
(3) Where the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) is deducted, if the Committee thinks fit, that amount may be used in preserving the liability mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) in the fund.
(4) Otherwise, it must be used in paying the premium.
(5) Contracted-out rights, in relation to a member, are –
(a)his and his surviving spouse’s rights to guaranteed minimum pensions; and
(b)his section 5(2B) rights (as defined in regulation 1(2)) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996)().