33(1)The scheme shall have effect (notwithstanding anything in it to thecontrary) as if its rules included a rule requiring the administrator, in thecircumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) below, as the case may be,to make to the employee or his personal representatives a payment of an amountequal to the prescribed amount out of funds which are or have been held forthe purposes of the scheme.U.K.
(2)Where the provision for the payment of voluntary contributions isfreestanding, the circumstances referred to above are that the amount of anybenefit provided for the employee by the scheme would have been greater hadthe amount of any like benefit provided for him by the main scheme, or anyother relevant scheme of which he is a member, been less.
(3)Where the provision for the payment of voluntary contributions is notfreestanding, the circumstances referred to above are that the amount of anybenefit provided for the employee by virtue of the voluntary contributionswould have been greater had the amount of any like benefit provided for himby the principal provisions of the scheme, or any other relevant scheme ofwhich he is a member, been less.
(4)In sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference to the prescribed amount is toan amount calculated in accordance with the method for the time beingspecified in regulations made for the purposes of section 591 of the Taxes Act1988 as the method to be used for calculating the amount of any surplus funds.
(5)In sub-paragraph (2) above, the reference to the employee being a memberof another relevant scheme is a reference to his being a member of anyapproved scheme, other than the scheme, which provides additional benefits forhim to supplement those provided by the main scheme.
(6)In sub-paragraph (3) above, the reference to the employee being a memberof another relevant scheme is a reference to his being a member of anyapproved scheme, other than the scheme, which provides additional benefits forhim to supplement those provided by the principal provisions of the scheme.