Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations 19977

In regulation 2(1)(a) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations 199717 (commutation of a pension under an occupational pension scheme), after paragraph (ii) insert—

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the earner or the earner’s widow, widower or surviving civil partner is a payment—

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by a registered pension scheme (within the meaning given in section 150(2) of the Finance Act 2004 (meaning of “pension scheme”)); and

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that is described in Part 2 of the Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009; or