[F1101D Form of pension credit benefit and its alternatives.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsection (2) and section 101E, a person’s pension credit benefit under a scheme must be—
(a)payable directly out of the resources of the scheme, or
(b)assured to him by such means as may be prescribed.
(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a scheme may, instead of providing a person’s pension credit benefit, provide—
(a)for his pension credit rights under the scheme to be transferred to another occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme with a view to acquiring rights for him under the rules of the scheme, or
(b)for such alternatives to pension credit benefit as may be prescribed.
(3)The option conferred by subsection (2)(a) is additional to any obligation imposed by Chapter II of this Part.
(4)The alternatives specified in subsection (2)(a) and (b) may only be by way of complete or partial substitute for pension credit benefit—
(a)if the person entitled to the benefit consents, or
(b)in such other cases as may be prescribed.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4A inserted (11.11.1999 for specified purposes, 1.12.2000 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 37, 89(5)(a); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 4