F8PART 4ZATRANSFERS AND CONTRIBUTION REFUNDS

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Amendments (Textual)
F8

Pts. 4, 5 renumbered as Pt. 4ZA Chs. 1, 2 and Pt. 4ZA heading inserted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 50(1)(2)(a) (with s. 87)

C2C3C5C11C8C10C6C7C9F9CHAPTER 1TRANSFER RIGHTS: GENERAL

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Amendments (Textual)
F9

Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 heading substituted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 50(1)(2)(b) (with s. 87)

C1C495C3 Trustees’ duties after exercise of option.

1

Where—

a

a member has exercised the option conferred by section 91; and

b

the trustees or managers of the scheme have done what is needed to carry out what the member requires,

the trustees or managers shall be discharged from any obligation to provide benefits to which the cash equivalent related except, in such cases as are mentioned in section 92(2), to the extent that an obligation to provide such guaranteed minimum pensions F6... continues to subsist.

F102

Subject to the following provisions of this section, if the trustees or managers of a scheme receive an application under section 91 they must do what is needed to carry out what the member requires—

a

in the case of an application that relates to benefits other than money purchase benefits, within 6 months beginning with the guarantee date shown in the relevant statement of entitlement, and

b

in the case of an application that relates to money purchase benefits, within 6 months beginning with the date of the application.

F112A

Subsection (2) does not apply if—

a

the trustees or managers have been unable to carry out the check required by section 51 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 by reason of factors outside their control, or

b

the trustees or managers have carried out the check required by section 51 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 but the check did not confirm that the member had received appropriate independent advice.

3

If—

a

disciplinary proceedings or proceedings before a court have been begun against a member of an occupational pension scheme F12...; and

b

it appears to the trustees or managers of the scheme that the proceedings may lead to the whole or part of the pension or benefit in lieu of a pension payable to the member or his widow being forfeited; and

c

the date before which they would (apart from this subsection) be obliged under subsection (2) to carry out what the member requires is earlier than the end of the period of 3 months after the conclusion of the disciplinary or court proceedings (including any proceedings on appeal),

then, subject to the following provisions of this section, they must instead do so before the end of that period of 3 months.

F133A

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F14

The Regulatory Authority may, in prescribed circumstances, F4by direction, grant an extension of the period within which the trustees or managers of the scheme are obliged to do what is needed to carry out what a member of the scheme requires.

4A

Regulations may make provision F5requiring applications for extensions under subsection (4) to meet prescribed requirements .

F74B

Regulations may extend the period for compliance under subsection (2) or (3) in prescribed circumstances.

F36

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F27

Where the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme have not done what is needed to carry out what a member of the scheme requires within 6 months of the date mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2)—

a

they must, except in prescribed cases, notify the Regulatory Authority of that fact within the prescribed period, and

b

Article 10 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (power of the Regulatory Authority to impose civil penalties) shall apply to any trustee or manager who has failed to take all such steps as are reasonable to ensure that it was so done.

8

Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances subsection (7) shall not apply in relation to an occupational pension scheme.