SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 29U.K.Registered pension schemes: authorised lump sums—supplementary

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Sch. 29 modified by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/572), art. 23C (as inserted (1.6.2009) by S.I. 2009/1172, arts. 1, 3; and amended (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2011/1782, arts. 1(1), 2(3))

Part 1U.K.Lump sum rule

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4Sch. 29 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 11

Winding-up lump sumU.K.

10(1)For the purposes of this Part a lump sum is a winding-up lump sum if—U.K.

(a)the pension scheme is an occupational pension scheme,

(b)the pension scheme is being wound-up,

(c)[F1any person by whom the member is employed at the time when the lump sum is paid, and who has made contributions under the pension scheme in respect of the member within the period of five years ending with the day on which it is paid,] meets the conditions in sub-paragraph (3),

(d)it is paid when all or part of the member’s lifetime allowance is available,

(e)it extinguishes the member’s entitlement to benefits under the pension scheme, and

(f)it is paid when the member has not reached the age of 75.

(2)But if a lump sum falling within sub-paragraph (1) exceeds 1% of the standard lifetime allowance when the lump sum is paid, the excess is not a winding-up lump sum.

(3)The conditions [F2referred to in paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) are that the person mentioned in that paragraph]

F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)is not making contributions under any other registered pension scheme in respect of the member, and

(c)undertakes to the Inland Revenue not to make such contributions during the period of one year beginning with the day on which the lump sum is paid.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 29 para. 10(1)(c) substituted (19.7.2007) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 20 para. 24(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 para. 12(2)

F2Words in Sch. 29 para. 10(3) substituted (19.7.2007) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 20 para. 24(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 para. 12(3)(a)

F3Sch. 29 para. 10(3)(a) repealed (19.7.2007) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 20 para. 24(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 para. 12(3)(b), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)