Part III Certification of Pension Schemes and Effects on Members’ State Scheme Rights and Duties
Chapter I Certification
Requirements for certification of occupational pension schemes providing guaranteed minimum pensions
21 Commutation, surrender and forfeiture.
(1)
Where the annual rate of a pension required to be provided by a scheme in accordance with section 13 or 17 would not exceed the prescribed amount and the circumstances are such as may be prescribed, the scheme may provide for the payment of a lump sum instead of that pension.
(2)
Neither section 13 nor section 17 shall preclude a scheme from providing for the earner’s or the earner’s widow’s or widower’s guaranteed minimum pension to be suspended or forfeited in such circumstances as may be prescribed.