SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.

F1Part 4APension compensation sharing orders on or after dissolution or nullity order

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 5 Pt. 4A inserted (6.3.2011 for specified purposes otherwise 6.4.2011) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 120, 149, Sch. 6 para. 15; S.I. 2011/664, art. 2(2)(3), Sch.

19DRestrictions on making pension compensation sharing orders

1

A pension compensation sharing order may not be made in relation to rights to PPF compensation that—

a

are the subject of pension attachment,

b

derive from rights under a pension scheme that were the subject of pension sharing between the civil partners,

c

are the subject of pension compensation attachment, or

d

are or have been the subject of pension compensation sharing between the civil partners.

2

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), rights to PPF compensation “are the subject of pension attachment” if any of the following three conditions is met.

3

The first condition is that—

a

the rights derive from rights under a pension scheme in relation to which an order was made under Part 1 imposing a requirement by virtue of paragraph 25(2), and

b

that order, as modified under paragraph 31, remains in force.

4

The second condition is that—

a

the rights derive from rights under a pension scheme in relation to which an order was made under Part 1 imposing a requirement by virtue of paragraph 25(5), and

b

that order—

i

has been complied with, or

ii

has not been complied with and, as modified under paragraph 32, remains in force.

5

The third condition is that—

a

the rights derive from rights under a pension scheme in relation to which an order was made under Part 1 imposing a requirement by virtue of paragraph 26, and

b

that order remains in force.

6

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), rights under a pension scheme “were the subject of pension sharing between the civil partners” if the rights were at any time the subject of a pension sharing order in relation to the civil partnership or a previous civil partnership between the same parties.

7

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), rights to PPF compensation “are the subject of pension compensation attachment” if there is in force a requirement imposed by virtue of Part 6 relating to them.

8

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d), rights to PPF compensation “are or have been the subject of pension compensation sharing between the civil partners” if they are or have ever been the subject of a pension compensation sharing order in relation to the civil partnership or a previous civil partnership between the same parties.