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12.—(1) The prescribed requirements referred to in section 95(2)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) of the 1993 Act (cash equivalent of member’s rights in a scheme to be used for acquiring transfer credits or rights under another scheme or personal pension scheme) are that—
(a)if the member’s cash equivalent (or any portion of it to be used under section 95(2)(a) or (b) of the 1993 Act) is or includes the cash equivalent of accrued rights to guaranteed minimum pensions, then the scheme or personal pension scheme under whose rules transfer credits or rights are acquired is one to which those accrued rights may be transferred, or to which a transfer payment in respect of those accrued rights may be made, in accordance with regulation 2 of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996;
(b)if the member’s cash equivalent (or any portion of it to be used under section 95(2)(a) or (b) of the 1993 Act) is or includes the cash equivalent of accrued section 9(2B) rights, then the scheme or personal pension scheme under whose rules transfer credits or rights are acquired is one to which a transfer of liability in respect of those accrued rights may be made in accordance with regulation 7 of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996;
(c)if the member’s cash equivalent (or any portion of it to be used under section 95(2)(a) or (b) of the 1993 Act) is or includes the cash equivalent of protected rights, then the scheme or personal pension scheme under whose rules transfer credits or rights are acquired is one to which a transfer payment in respect of protected rights may be made in accordance with regulation 2 of the Protected Rights (Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996; and
[F1(d)if the scheme from which rights are transferred or from which a transfer payment is made is registered under section 153 of the Finance Act 2004, the scheme or personal pension scheme to which rights are transferred or to which a transfer payment in respect of rights is made is registered under that section (except a scheme which was immediately before 6th April 2006 approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) or is a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme as defined in section 169 of the Finance Act 2004.]
(2) The prescribed requirements referred to in section 95(2)(c) of the 1993 Act (cash equivalent to be used for purchasing annuities) are that—
(a)the annuity is provided by a policy of insurance or an annuity contract which satisfies the requirements of regulations 2, 3 [F2, 4 and 5 or, in the case of a pension or accrued benefit under a relevant scheme, regulation 11 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Discharge of Liability) Regulations 1997];
(b)if the scheme from which rights are transferred is [F3registered under section 153 of the Finance Act 2004, the annuity satisfies requirements of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.]
F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The prescribed circumstances referred to in section 95(5)(a) of the 1993 Act (except in prescribed circumstances section 95(2) to be construed as if paragraph (d) were omitted) are that a member of a scheme who has acquired a right to a cash equivalent under section 94 of that Act has required the trustees to use the cash equivalent for subscribing to a pension arrangement mentioned in paragraph (5)(a).
(5) The prescribed requirements referred to in section 95(2)(d) of the 1993 Act (cash equivalent to be used for subscribing to pension arrangements not mentioned in section 95(2)(a) to (c)) are that the pension arrangement to which it is proposed to subscribe—
(a)is an overseas arrangement F5...;
(b)if F6... the cash equivalent is or includes the cash equivalent of accrued section 9(2B) rights, is one to which a transfer payment in respect of such rights may be made in accordance with regulation 11 of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996; and
(c)if the scheme from which rights are transferred [F7is registered under section 153 of the Finance Act 2004 or is a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme as defined in section 169 of the Finance Act 2004.]
(6) In this regulation—
F8(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)“overseas arrangement" has the same meaning as in the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996.
Textual Amendments
F1 Reg. 12(1)(d) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(a)
F2 Words in reg. 12(2)(a) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/786) , reg. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 12(5)
F3 Words in reg. 12(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(b)
F4 Reg. 12(3) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(c)
F5 Words in reg. 12(5)(a) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(d)(i)
F6 Words in reg. 12(5)(b) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(d)(ii)
F7 Words in reg. 12(5)(c) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(d)(iii)
F8 Reg. 12(6)(a) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/744) , arts. 1 , 12(2)(e)
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