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2. For the purposes of Articles 34(1)(b) and 48(1)(b) (schemes to which Articles 34 (contribution notices) and 48 (restoration orders) do not apply), a prescribed scheme or a scheme of a prescribed description is –
(a)a scheme which has never been a tax approved scheme or has never been registered for tax purposes;
(b)a public service pension scheme under the provisions of which there is no requirement for assets related to the intended rate or amount of benefit under the scheme to be set aside in advance (disregarding requirements relating to voluntary contributions);
(c)a scheme which is made under Article 9 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1) (superannuation of persons employed in local government service, etc.) and which provides pensions to persons mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) of that Article;
(d)a scheme which is established under section 48 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(2) (pensions of members), or which was established under Part II of the Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1965(3) or Article 3 of the Assembly Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(4);
(e)a scheme in respect of which a relevant public authority has given a guarantee or made any other arrangements for the purpose of securing that the assets of the scheme are sufficient to meet its liabilities;
(f)a scheme which provides relevant benefits within the meaning of section 612(1) of the 1988 Act (interpretation) but which is not a relevant statutory scheme within the meaning of section 611A(5) of that Act (definition of relevant statutory scheme);
(g)a scheme –
(i)which has been categorised by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the purposes of its approval, or registration, as a centralised scheme for non-associated employers;
(ii)which is not contracted-out, and
(iii)under the provisions of which the only benefits that may be provided on or after retirement (other than money purchase benefits derived from the payment of voluntary contributions by any person) are lump sum benefits which are not calculated by reference to a member’s salary;
(h)a scheme –
(i)the only benefits provided by which (other than money purchase benefits) are death benefits, and
(ii)under the provisions of which no member has accrued rights (other than rights to money purchase benefits);
(i)a scheme with such a superannuation fund as is mentioned in section 615(6) of the 1988 Act(6) (exemption from tax in respect of certain pensions), and
(j)the scheme established by the Salvation Army Act 1963(7).
S.I. 1972/1073 (N.I. 10)
S.I. 1976/1779
Section 611A was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1989 and amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1999
Section 615(6) was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 1999 and has effect in relation to trust-based occupational pension schemes established in respect of persons wholly employed in a trade or undertaking outside of the United Kingdom
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