Pension Schemes Act 1993

State scheme premiums E+W+S

3 (1) This Schedule applies to any sum owed on account of a [F1 Northern Ireland] [F2 contributions equivalent premium] payable at any time before, or in consequence of, a person going into liquidation or being [F3 made] bankrupt, or in Scotland, the sequestration of a debtor’s estate, or (in the case of a company not in liquidation)— E+W+S

(a) the appointment of a receiver as mentioned in section 40 of the M1 Insolvency Act 1986 (debenture-holders secured by floating charge), or

(b) the appointment of a receiver under section 53(6) or 54(5) of that Act (Scottish company with property subject to floating charge), or

(c) the taking of possession by debenture-holders (so secured) as mentioned in [F4 section 754 of the Companies Act 2006].

(2) Where any such premium is payable in respect of a period of service of more than 12 months (taking into account any previous linked qualifying service), the amount to be paid in priority by virtue of this paragraph shall be limited to the amount of the premium that would have been payable if the service had been confined to the last 12 months taken into account in fixing the actual amount of the premium.

(3) Where—

(a) by virtue of this paragraph the whole or part of a premium is required to be paid in priority to other debts of the debtor or his estate; and

(b) the person liable for the payment would be entitled to recover the whole or part of any sum paid on account of it from another person either under section 61 or under any provision made by the relevant scheme for the purposes of that section or otherwise,

then, subject to sub-paragraph (4), that other person shall be liable for any part of the premium for the time being unpaid.

(4) No person shall be liable by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) for an amount in excess of the sum which might be so recovered from him if the premium had been paid in full by the person liable for it, after deducting from that sum any amount which has been or may be recovered from him in respect of any part of that payment paid otherwise than under that sub-paragraph.

(5) The payment under sub-paragraph (3) of any amount in respect of a premium shall have the same effect on the rights and liabilities of the person making it (other than his liabilities under that sub-paragraph) as if it had been a payment of that amount on account of the sum recoverable from him in respect of a premium as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b).

[F5 (6) In this paragraph “Northern Ireland contributions equivalent premium” means a contributions equivalent premium within the meaning of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) inserted (6.4.2016) by Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), s. 56(4), Sch. 13 para. 47(3)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) substituted (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 5 para. 85; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2

F3 Word in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18

F4 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 194(3)(a) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F5 Sch. 4 para. 3(6) inserted (6.4.2016) by Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), s. 56(4), Sch. 13 para. 47(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 45.