17.—(1) This Section applies where, before 1st October 2023, the scheme manager has provided information for the purpose of determining amounts under section 29 of WRPA 1999 in respect of a remedy member’s remediable service.
(2) In this Section—
“alternative amount” has the meaning given in regulation 18;
“alternative reduction amount” and “alternative reduction amounts” have the meanings given in, respectively, regulation 21(3) and (4);
“alternative scheme”, in relation to a relevant pension sharing order that does not relate to mixed service(1), means—
where the initial scheme is the PCSPS, alpha;
where the initial scheme is alpha, the PCSPS;
“C’s pension account” has the meaning given in regulation 20(4);
“initial amount” means the total amount determined for the purposes of the relevant pension sharing order under section 29(2) and (3) of WRPA 1999 in relation to D’s remediable shareable rights;
“initial reduction amount” means the amount by which D’s remediable relevant benefits were reduced pursuant to the relevant pension sharing order;
“initial scheme”, in relation to a relevant pension sharing order that does not relate to mixed service, means the civil service scheme in respect of which an initial amount or an initial reduction amount was determined;
“remediable credit adjustment” has the meaning given in regulation 19(2).
(3) For the purposes of this Section, a relevant pension sharing order relates to mixed service if it specifies an appropriate amount in accordance with section 29(2) or (3) of WRPA 1999 by reference to the value of remediable relevant benefits to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights secured in both the PCSPS and alpha (and, accordingly, a relevant pension sharing order does not relate to mixed service if it specifies an appropriate amount by reference to remediable shareable rights secured in only one of those schemes).
See section 19(6) of PSPJOA 2022 for the meaning of “mixed service”.