Pension sharing
20.—(1) A valuation of benefits of a person who is a member of the Scheme shall, for the purposes of a pension sharing order, take account of any benefits the member has accrued in the earlier Schemes.
(2) The beneficiary of an order of the type described in paragraph (1) is not to be credited with any benefits under the earlier Schemes, but is entitled to a pension credit under the Scheme in compliance with the pension sharing order and calculated in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Department.
(3) Where a pension sharing order requires a pension debit in respect of a percentage of a member’s pension benefits, any benefits accrued in the earlier Schemes or the Scheme shall be debited by the same percentage unless the order specifies otherwise, with the debit being calculated in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Department.
(4) Where a pension sharing order requires a pension debit in terms other than a percentage of the member’s benefits, the debit is to apply in proportion to the cash equivalent transfer value of the benefits accrued within the earlier Schemes and the Scheme unless the order specifies otherwise.
(5) In this regulation—
“pension credit” means a credit under Article 26(1)(b) of the 1999 Order(1) or under section 29(1)(b) of the 1999 Act(2);
“pension credit member” has the meaning given by regulation 10(1) (pension credit and survivor members) of the 2014 Regulations;
“pension credit rights” means rights to benefits under the Scheme which are attributable to a pension credit;
“pension debit member” means a member, whether an active member, a deferred member or a pensioner member, whose shareable rights under the Scheme are subject to a pension debit;
“pension sharing order” means an order or provision by virtue of which Article 26 of the 1999 Order or section 29 of the 1999 Act takes effect; and
“shareable rights” means a person’s shareable rights mentioned in Article 24(2) of the 1999 Order or under section 27(2) of the 1999 Act.