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The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

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3.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation)(1) becomes paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)after the definition of “the 2004 Act” insert—

“the 2013 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(2);;

(b)insert in the appropriate alphabetical places—

“drawdown pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 4 of Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2004 (drawdown pension)(3);;

“flexible benefit” has the meaning given in section 74 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (meaning of “flexible benefit”)(4);;

“normal minimum pension age” has the meaning given in section 279(1) of the Finance Act 2004 (other definitions)(5);;

“pensions guidance” means guidance given by a designated guidance provider (which has the meaning given in section 333E(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (designation of providers)(6)) for the purpose of helping a member of a pension scheme, or a survivor of a member of a pension scheme, to make decisions about what to do with the flexible benefits that may be provided to the member or survivor;;

“survivor” has the meaning given in section 76(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (interpretation of Part 4);;

“transferrable rights” has the meaning given in section 93(11)(b) of the 1993 Act (scope of Chapter 1)(7);;

(c)for the definition of “cash balance benefit”(8) substitute—

“cash balance benefit” has the meaning given in section 75 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (meaning of “cash balance benefit”);;

(d)before the definition of “illustration date” insert—

“ill-health condition” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2004 (ill-health condition);;

(e)omit the definition of “funded”.

(3) After paragraph (1) insert—

(2) In these Regulations—

(a)a member has an opportunity to transfer flexible benefits where the member—

(i)has transferrable rights in relation to flexible benefits;

(ii)would have transferrable rights in relation to flexible benefits if the member stopped accruing rights to some or all of the flexible benefits (see sub-paragraph (b)); or

(iii)has an opportunity to transfer accrued rights to flexible benefits out of the scheme under the scheme rules;

(b)a member stops accruing rights to flexible benefits when there are no longer arrangements in place for the accrual of rights to those flexible benefits for or in respect of the member..

(1)

Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2014/1711.

(2)

2013 c. 25 (“the 2013 Act”).

(3)

2004 c. 12; paragraph 4 of Schedule 28 was amended by paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 16 to the Finance Act 2011 (c. 11).

(5)

There are amendments to section 279(1) not relevant to these Regulations.

(6)

2000 c. 8. Section 333E was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).

(7)

Section 93 was substituted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the 2015 Act.

(8)

The definition of “cash balance benefit” was inserted by S.I. 2014/1711.

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