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33.—(1) Any authorised payments within the meaning of section 164 (authorised member payments) of the Finance Act 2004 M1 listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) may be paid in accordance with the rules relating to the payment of such benefits under that Act or relevant regulations under that Act—
(a)a lump sum which is a trivial commutation lump sum within the meaning of section 166 (lump sum rule) of that Act;
(b)a trivial commutation lump sum death benefit within the meaning of section 168 (lump sum death benefit rule) of that Act; or
(c)a commutation payment under regulation 6 (payment after relevant accretion), 11 (de minimis rule for pension schemes) or 12 (payments by larger pension schemes) of the Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009 M2.
(2) Any payment under paragraph (1) shall be calculated in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers.
(3) If a member receives a payment under this regulation, any pension account relating to that payment must be closed, the member is entitled to no further benefits in relation to that account and no survivor benefits are subsequently payable upon the death of the member.
Marginal Citations
M12004 c.12; section 164 was amended by the Finance Act 2008 (c.9), schedule 29, paragraph 1(2), the Finance Act 2009 (c.10), the Finance Act 2009 (c.10), section 75(2), the Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 (c.30), schedule 1(5), paragraph 85 and the Finance Act 2016 (c.24), schedule 5, paragraph 3(1).
M2S.I. 2009/1171; regulations 11 and 12 were amended by S.I. 2011/1751, the Finance Act 2014 (c.26), section 42 and the Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 (c.30), schedule 1(5), paragraph 73(3)..