Finance Act 2009

[F1 Protected pension input amounts: existing defined benefits arrangements U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 35 ceased to have effect (10.12.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Schedule 35 (Special Annual Allowance Charge) (Cessation of Effect) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2939), arts. 1, 2(1) (with art. 2(2))

8 (1) This paragraph applies in respect of a defined benefits arrangement if the arrangement is under an occupational pension scheme or a public service pension scheme. U.K.

(2) If the individual pays relevant added years contributions under the arrangement in the tax year, the amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the arrangement is a protected pension input amount to the extent that it is attributable to those contributions.

(3) Relevant added years contributions are contributions paid—

(a) with a view to securing that the calculation of benefits under the arrangement is by reference to a period of service in excess of pensionable service by the individual,

(b) in pursuance of an agreement which was made before noon on 22 April 2009 or made pursuant to a written application received by or on behalf of the scheme administrator of the pension scheme before that time,

(c) on a quarterly or more frequent basis during the period beginning with that date or (if later) when they first became payable and ending with the relevant end date without any failure to pay contributions payable during that period on more than an insignificant number of occasions, and

(d) at a rate which has not increased during that period otherwise than in accordance with an agreement made before noon on 22 April 2009 or made pursuant to a written application received by or on behalf of the scheme administrator of the pension scheme before that time.

(4) To the extent that the amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the arrangement is attributable otherwise than to the paying of relevant added years contributions it is a protected pension input amount if [F2 the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (4A) or (4B) are met.]

[F3 (4A) The conditions in this sub-paragraph are that—

(a) benefits have been accruing to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement since before 22 April 2009 and until the relevant end date, and

(b) there is no material change in the rules of the pension scheme under which benefits to or in respect of the individual are calculated under the arrangement in the period beginning with 22 April 2009 and ending with the relevant end date.

(4B) The conditions in this sub-paragraph are that—

(a) benefits began accruing to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement on or after 22 April 2009 but before the relevant end date and continued until that date,

(b) the arrangement was made in accordance with the terms of a written agreement between the individual and the employer made not later than 22 April 2009, and

(c) there is no material change in the rules of the pension scheme under which benefits to or in respect of the individual are calculated under the arrangement in the period beginning with the date on which benefits began accruing under that arrangement and ending with the relevant end date.

(4C) If the conditions in sub-paragraph (4D) are met, the amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the arrangement which is attributable otherwise than to the paying of relevant added years contributions is a protected pension input amount to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (4F).

(4D) The conditions in this sub-paragraph are that—

(a) the arrangement was made no later than the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the individual ceased being an active member of a pension scheme other than that under which it is an arrangement (“the cessation date”),

(b) the cessation date was on or after 22 April 2009,

(c) the arrangement under that other pension scheme by reference to which the individual was an active member of that pension scheme (“the old arrangement”) was one in the case of which some or all of the benefits accruing under the arrangement were accruing in circumstances in which the amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the old arrangement was to any extent a protected pension input amount by virtue of this paragraph,

(d) the individual does not make more than one arrangement under a pension scheme other than that under which the old arrangement was an arrangement in the period of 3 months beginning with the cessation date,

(e) the individual made the arrangement for one of the reasons set out in sub-paragraph (4E),

(f) the old arrangement has not been re-activated within the meaning of paragraph 13(7) on or after the cessation date,

(g) there is no material difference between the rules of the pension scheme under which benefits to or in respect of the individual are calculated under the arrangement and the rules of the pension scheme under which such benefits were calculated under the old arrangement, and

(h) there is no material change in the rules of the pension scheme under which benefits to or in respect of the individual are calculated under the arrangement in the period beginning with the date on which benefits began accruing under the arrangement and ending with the relevant end date.

(4E) The reasons referred to in sub-paragraph (4D)(e) are that—

(a) the individual’s employer had entered into a re-organisation of its pension provisions and the making of the arrangement was a consequence of that re-organisation, or

(b) the making of the arrangement was due to a relevant business transfer within the meaning of paragraph 12(8A) of Schedule 36 to FA 2004 .

(4F) The amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the arrangement is a protected pension input amount to the extent that it does not exceed the amount which would have been a protected pension input amount in respect of the old arrangement for the accrual period had the old arrangement continued during that period.

(4G) The accrual period is the period in the tax year—

(a) beginning with the date on which the individual became an active member of a pension scheme by reference to the arrangement (“the joining date”) or, if the joining date was in an earlier tax year, the first day of the tax year, and

(b) ending with the last day of the tax year or, if earlier, the date on which the individual ceased being an active member of the pension scheme by reference to the arrangement.]

[F4 (5) If—

(a) there is a material change in the rules of the pension scheme under which benefits are calculated under the arrangement during a period referred to in sub-paragraph (4A)(b), (4B)(c) or (4D)(h), and

(b) the amount arrived at under paragraph 3(2) in relation to the arrangement would have been a protected pension input amount under sub-paragraph (4) or (4C) had it not been for the material change,

the amount so arrived at, to the extent that it is attributable otherwise than to the paying of relevant added years contributions, is a protected pension input amount to the extent that it is not attributable to that change.]

(6) But even in that case the whole of the amount so arrived at, to the extent that it is so attributable, is a protected pension input amount if the material change affects at least 50 active members of the pension scheme.

(7) In this paragraph “the relevant end date” means the end of the tax year or, if earlier, the time when benefits cease to accrue to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 35 para. 8(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Special Annual Allowance Charge (Protected Pension Input Amounts) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/429), arts. 1(1), 4(1)

F3 Sch. 35 para. 8(4A)-(4G) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Special Annual Allowance Charge (Protected Pension Input Amounts) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/429), arts. 1(1), 4(2)

F4 Sch. 35 para. 8(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Special Annual Allowance Charge (Protected Pension Input Amounts) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/429), arts. 1(1), 4(3)