Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 9 excluded (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 238(2)(c)(4), 289 (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))
C2Sch. 9 modified (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 115
C3Sch. 9 modified (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 116(3)
C4Sch. 9 modified (28.7.2000) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 49(1)(2)
C5Sch. 9 continued for specified purposes (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the affecting Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 418(3) (with Sch. 7)
19M1The scheme must provide that if a person who has obtained rights under it ceases to hold the office or employment by virtue of which he is eligible to participate in the scheme by reason of—
(a)injury or disability or redundancy within the meaning of [F1the Employment Rights Act 1996]; or
(b)retirement on reaching [F2the specified age] or any other age at which he is bound to retire in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment,
then the rights must be exercised, if at all, within six months of his so ceasing and, if he so ceases for any other reason within three years of obtaining the rights, they may not be exercised at all except pursuant to such a provision of the scheme as is mentioned in paragraph 21(1)(e) below; and in relation to the case where he so ceases for any other reason more than three years after obtaining the rights the scheme must either provide that the rights may not be exercised or that they must be exercised, if at all, within six months of his so ceasing.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 para. 19(a) substituted (22.8.1996) by Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), s. 243, Sch. 1 para. 35(4)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 19(b) substituted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 38(2)(6)
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1980 Sch.10 8; 1986 s.23(3)