Part 4 U.K.Pension schemes etc

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Chapter 8U.K.Supplementary

InterpretationU.K.

279Other definitionsU.K.

(1)In this Part—

[F1“abatement”, in relation to a scheme pension [F2to which a person has become entitled] under a public service pension scheme, means the reduction of the pension (including its reduction to nil) in accordance with the rules of the pension scheme by reason of [F3the person's employment] in public service,]
“the Board of Inland Revenue” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,
“charity” has the same meaning as in section 506 of ICTA,
“employee” and “employer” have the same meaning as in the employment income Parts of ITEPA 2003 (see sections 4 and 5 of that Act) but include (respectively) a former employee and a former employer (and “employment” is to be read accordingly),
“the Inland Revenue” means any officer of the Board of Inland Revenue,
“normal minimum pension age” means—
(a)
before 6th April 2010, 50, and
(b)
on and after that date, 55,
“pension credit” and “pension debit” have the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 4 of WRPA (see section 46(1) of that Act) or Chapter 1 of Part 5 of WRP(NI)O 1999 (see Article 43(1) of that Order),
“pension sharing order or provision” means any order or provision mentioned in section 28(1) of WRPA 1999 or Article 25(1) of WRP(NI)O 1999,
“personal representatives”, in relation to a person who has died, means—
(a)
in the United Kingdom, persons responsible for administering the estate of the deceased, and
(b)
in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, the persons having functions under its law equivalent to those of administering the estate of the deceased,
“retail prices index” means the general index (for all items) published by the Office for National Statistics or, if that index is not published for a relevant month, any substituted index or index figures published by that Office,
“tax year” means, in relation to income tax, a year for which any Act provides for income tax to be charged, and
“the tax year 2006-07” means the tax year beginning on 6th April 2006 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are simultaneously mentioned is to be read in the same way).

(2)In this Part references to payments made, or benefits provided, by a pension scheme are to payments made or benefits provided from sums or assets held for the purposes of the pension scheme.

(3)For the purposes of this Part the sums and assets held for the purposes of an arrangement under a pension scheme are so much of the sums and assets held for the purposes of the pension scheme under which the arrangement is made as are properly attributable, in accordance with the provisions of the pension scheme and any just and reasonable apportionment, to the arrangement.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 279(1) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 9, 64(1)

F2Words in s. 279(1) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 33(a)

F3Words in s. 279(1) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 33(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6S. 279 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pensions Schemes (Application of UK Provisions to Relevant Non-UK Schemes) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/207), regs. 1(1), 13