25(1)This paragraph applies—U.K.
(a)where the scheme came into existence before 14th March 1989, as regardsan employee who became a member of the scheme on or after 1st June 1989;
(b)where the scheme came into existence on or after 14th March 1989, asregards any employee who is a member of the scheme (whenever he became amember).
(2)Where the employee is a member of the scheme by virtue of two or morerelevant associated employments, the rules of the scheme shall have effect asmentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below.
(3)The rules of the scheme shall have effect (notwithstanding anything inthem to the contrary) as if they prohibited the amount payable by way ofpension in respect of service in any of the relevant associated employments,when aggregated with any amount payable by way of pension in respect ofservice in the other such employment or employments, from exceeding therelevant amount.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above the relevant amount, inrelation to the employee, shall be found by applying the followingformula—
(5)For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)section 590B(5) and (6) of the Taxes Act 1988 shall apply for the purposeof defining A, and
(b)section 590B(9) to (11) of that Act shall apply for the purpose ofdefining C,
as they apply for the purposes of section 590B of that Act, except thatfor the purposes of this paragraph A shall not exceed 20.
(6)The reference to two or more relevant associated employments shall beconstrued in accordance with section 590A of the Taxes Act 1988.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 See The Retirement Benefits Schemes (Continuationof Rights of Members of Approved Schemes) Regs. 1990 (S.I.1990/2101–in Part III Vol. 5)for circumstanceswhen paras. 25or 26disapplied