The Pension Sharing (Implementation and Discharge of Liability) Regulations 2000

Qualifying arrangementsE+W+S

11.—(1) The requirements referred to in paragraph 6(2)(b) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act (requirements applying to annuity contracts or policies of insurance for the purpose of sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph) are that the annuity contract is entered into or the insurance policy is taken out with an insurance company which is—

[F1(a)a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance; F2...

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F3(2) Paragraph (1)(a) F4... must be read with—

(a)section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b)any relevant order under that section; and

(c)Schedule 2 to that Act.]