The Pensions on Divorce etc. (Charging) Regulations 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Charging) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;

“the Provision of Information Regulations” means the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations 2000(1);

“day” means any day other than—

(a)

Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

(b)

a bank holiday, that is to say, a day which is, or is to be observed as, a bank holiday or a holiday under Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(2);

“implementation period” has the meaning given by section 34(1) of the 1999 Act;

“notice of implementation” has the meaning given by regulation 1(2) of the Provision of Information Regulations;

“pension arrangement” has the meaning given to that expression in section 46(1) of the 1999 Act;

“pension credit” means a credit under section 29(1)(b) of the 1999 Act;

“pension credit benefit” has the meaning given by section 101B of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993(3);

“pension credit rights” has the meaning given by section 101B of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“pension sharing activity” has the meaning given by section 41(5) of the 1999 Act;

“pension sharing order or provision” means an order or provision which is mentioned in section 28(1) of the 1999 Act;

“person responsible for a pension arrangement” has the meaning given to that expression in section 46(2) of the 1999 Act;

“the Regulatory Authority” means the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority;

“the relevant date” has the meaning given by section 10(3) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985(4);

“trustees or managers” has the meaning given by section 46(1) of the 1999 Act.

(1)

S.I. 2000/1048.

(2)

1971 c. 80.

(3)

1993 c. 48. Section 101B is inserted by section 37 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

(4)

1985 c. 37. Section 10 was amended by section 167(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), and is amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.