SCHEDULE 23ZA Conversion of certain approved retirement benefits schemes
Approval of eligible schemes as approved personal pension schemes
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(1)
The trustees of an eligible scheme may at any time on or after 1st October 2000 apply to the Board for approval of the scheme under this paragraph.
(2)
If an application under sub-paragraph (1) above is granted, the eligible scheme shall, as from such date as the Board may specify in granting the application (the “date of the change”),—
(a)
irrevocably cease to be approved, and to be capable of approval, under Chapter I of Part XIV; and
(b)
become an approved personal pension scheme (and subject accordingly to section 631(4) and the other provisions of Chapter IV of Part XIV).
(3)
The date of the change must not be earlier than 6th April 2001.
(4)
An application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be in such form, shall contain such information, and shall be accompanied by such documents, in such form, and prepared as at such time, as the Board may prescribe.
(5)
The Board may at their discretion grant or refuse an application under sub-paragraph (1) above.
(6)
The Board’s discretion under sub-paragraph (5) above shall be subject to the restrictions set out in sections 632 to 638A and this Schedule.
(7)
The Board shall give notice to the applicant of the grant or refusal of an application.
(8)
A notice under sub-paragraph (7) above shall, in the case of a refusal, state the grounds for the refusal.
(9)
If, at any time after the making of an application under sub-paragraph (1) above, the eligible scheme concerned ceases to be approved under Chapter I of Part XIV otherwise than by virtue of the operation of sub-paragraph (2)(a) above, the scheme shall not, by virtue of that application, become an approved personal pension scheme.