Transitional protection for continued life cover (75+)6.
The modifications in articles 7 and 8 apply in the case of a member of a registered pension scheme who satisfies the following conditions.
Condition A
The registered pension scheme was, immediately before 6th April 2006, a retirement benefits scheme approved for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 14 of ICTA (retirement benefits schemes).
Condition B
The member had a right under the pension scheme to a life cover lump sum on 5th April 2006.
Condition C
The rules of the pension scheme on 10th December 2003 included provision conferring such a right on some or all of the persons who were then members of the pension scheme, and such a right was either then conferred on the member or would have been had the member been a member of the scheme on that date.
Condition D
The rules of the scheme in relation to life cover lump sums have not been changed since 10th December 2003.
Condition E
The member was—
- (a)
in receipt of benefits from the scheme on or before 5th April 2006, or
- (b)
entitled to one or more life cover lump sums, amounting in the aggregate, to £2,500 or less.
- (a)