Finance Act 2004

Individuals permitted to take pension before normal minimum pension age U.K.

19 (1) This paragraph applies where a [F2 relevant benefit crystallisation event] occurs in relation to an individual who is a member of a registered pension scheme— U.K.

(a) in protected circumstances, and

(b) before the individual reaches normal minimum pension age.

[F3 (1A) Chapter 15A of Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 (pension income: lump sums under registered pension schemes) has effect in relation to the individual with the modifications in sub-paragraphs (1B) and (2).

(1B) Where the relevant benefit crystallisation event is the individual becoming entitled to a pension commencement lump sum, section 637P of ITEPA 2003 (individual’s lump sum allowance) applies as if the amount specified in that section were £268,275 reduced by the relevant percentage (see sub-paragraph (4).]

[F4 (2) Where the event is a relevant benefit crystallisation event, section 637R of ITEPA 2003 (individual’s lump sum and death benefit allowance) applies as if the amount specified in that section were the amount determined under sub-paragraph (2A) reduced by the relevant percentage (see sub-paragraph (4).

(2A) That amount is—

(a) £1,073,100, or

(b) in a case where, disregarding sub-paragraph (2), section 637R of ITEPA 2003 (individual’s lump sum and death benefit allowance) would apply in relation to the individual as if it specified any other amount, that amount.]

(3) A [F5 relevant benefit crystallisation event] occurs in protected circumstances if—

(a) paragraph 22 or 23 (right to take pension before normal minimum pension age) applies to the individual and the pension scheme,

(b) the individual’s protected pension age (see paragraph 22(8) or 23(8)) is less than 50, and

(c) the pension scheme is not prescribed by regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.

(4) The relevant percentage is—

where Y is the number of complete years falling between the date on which the [F6 relevant benefit crystallisation event] occurs and the date on which the individual will reach normal minimum pension age.

F7 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9 (7) In this paragraph “relevant benefit crystallisation event” has the same meaning as in section 637S of ITEPA 2003 (availability of individual’s lump sum and death benefit allowance).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 36 para. 19(1) substituted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(2), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F3 Sch. 36 para. 19(1A)(1B) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(3), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F4 Sch. 36 para. 19(2)(2A) substituted for Sch. 36 para. 19(2) (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(4), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F5 Words in Sch. 36 para. 19(3) substituted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(5), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F6 Words in Sch. 36 para. 19(4) substituted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(5), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F7 Sch. 36 para. 19(5) omitted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(6), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F8 Sch. 36 para. 19(6) omitted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(6), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F9 Sch. 36 para. 19(7) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 76(7), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)