Part 5Occupational and personal pension schemes: miscellaneous provisions

Revaluation

281Exemption from statutory revaluation requirement

1

Section 84 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (basis of revaluation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert

or

b

under any arrangement which maintains the value of the pension or other benefit by reference to the rise in the retail prices index during that period,

3

After that subsection add—

6

In subsection (5)(b), “retail prices index” means—

a

the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Office for National Statistics, or

b

where that index is not published for a month, any substituted index or figures published by that Office.