Any assignment (or, in Scotland, assignation) of or charge on, and any agreement to assign or charge, any benefit payable under a scheme made under section 1 of this Act shall be void.

Nothing in subsection (1) above shall affect the powers of any court under F1section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986F2... (bankrupt’s salary, pension, etc. may be ordered to be paid to the trustee in bankruptcy) or under any enactment applying to Northern Ireland (including an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) and corresponding to F1section 51(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914M1 or the said section 310F3or the powers of any person under section 90 or 95 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016.