Finance (No. 2) Act 2010

Pension rules applying at age 77 instead of age 75

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2(1)The provisions of FA 2004 listed in sub-paragraph (2) have effect in relation to a person to whom this Schedule applies as if—

(a)any reference in those provisions to the age of 75 were a reference to the age of 77, and

(b)any reference in those provisions to a person’s 75th birthday were a reference to a person’s 77th birthday.

(2)The provisions are—

(a)in section 165 (pension rules), pension rules 4 and 6;

(b)in Part 1 of Schedule 28 (pension rules)—

(i)paragraph 7 (meaning of “income withdrawal”);

(ii)paragraph 9(2) (unsecured pension year);

(iii)paragraph 11(2) to (4) (member’s alternatively secured pension fund);

(c)in section 167 (pension death benefit rules), pension death benefit rules 3 and 5;

(d)in Part 2 of Schedule 28 (pension death benefit rules)—

(i)paragraph 21 (meaning of “dependants’ income withdrawal”);

(ii)paragraph 23(2) (unsecured pension year);

(iii)paragraph 25 (dependant’s alternatively secured pension fund);

(e)paragraph 17 of Schedule 29 (unsecured pension fund lump sum death benefit).