Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 7 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2005/652, reg. 14(2) (1.4.2005) by The Occupational Pension Schemes and Pension Protection Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/993), regs. 1(1), 7
C2Sch. 7 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 15
C3Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 14(2)
C4Sch. 7 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/670), regs. 1(1), 12 (with reg. 23(3))
C5Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Hybrid Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/449), regs. 1(1), 3(2)-(4)
C6Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 13(1)
C7Sch. 7 modified (1.8.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1690), regs. 1(1), 3
C8Sch. 7 applied (24.7.2014) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 42(1), 53, 57 (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1)); coming into force immediately after s. 29 of 2011 c. 19 - see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2
C9Sch. 7 applied (24.7.2014 immediately after 2011 c. 19, s. 29, see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 42(1), 53, 57 (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1))
C10Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 2005/670, reg. 29 (as inserted in Pt. 12 of S.I. 2005/670 by S.I. 2018/95, reg. 2(6)) (24.2.2018) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/95), regs. 1, 2(6)
C11Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 2005/670, reg. 30 (as inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 30(3)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Pension Protection Fund (Pensionable Service) and Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment and Disclosure) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/988), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(3))
5(1)Compensation is payable in accordance with this paragraph where immediately before the assessment date—E+W+S
(a)a person is entitled to present payment of a pension under the admissible rules of the scheme,
(b)payment of that pension is postponed, and
(c)he has attained normal pension age in relation to the pension.
(2)That person (“the postponed pensioner”) is entitled to periodic compensation in respect of that pension (“the pension”) commencing at the assessment date and continuing for life or, in a case to which sub-paragraph (7) applies, until such time as entitlement to the pension would have ceased under the admissible rules.
(3)The annual rate of the periodic compensation is 100% of the aggregate of—
(a)the protected pension rate, F1...
[F2(aa)if the commencement of periodic compensation under this paragraph has been postponed for any period by virtue of paragraph 25A, the amount of the actuarial increase under that paragraph, and]
(b)any increases under paragraph 28 (annual increases in periodic compensation).
(4)In sub-paragraph (3) “the protected pension rate” means what would have been the annual rate of the pension, under the admissible rules, if the postponement of payment had ceased immediately before the assessment date.
(5)In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) the annual rate of the pension immediately before the assessment date, any recent discretionary increase is to be disregarded if paragraph [F335(3A)] applies [F4to the scheme] .
(6)Where the pension is attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(c) to “normal pension age” is to be read as a reference to “normal benefit age”.
(7)This sub-paragraph applies where the pension was not attributable—
(a)to the postponed pensioner’s pensionable service, or
(b)(directly or indirectly) to a pension credit to which the postponed pensioner became entitled under section 29(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).
(8)This paragraph is subject to—
[F5paragraph 22A (calculation of compensation on and after 1 January 2024),]
paragraph 24 (commutation), and
paragraph 30 (power of Secretary of State to change percentage rates by order).
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 7 para. 5(3)(a) omitted (13.3.2013) by virtue of Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(1)(a); S.I. 2013/585, art. 2(b)(ii)
F2Sch. 7 para. 5(3)(aa) inserted (13.3.2013) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(1)(b); S.I. 2013/585, art. 2(b)(ii)
F3Word in Sch. 7 para. 5(5) substituted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 37(3); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(i)(v)
F4Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(5) added (1.4.2009) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 149(1), Sch. 8 para. 3; S.I. 2009/809, art. 2(1)(b)(i)
F5Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(8) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2004 (Amendment) (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1309), reg. 3(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C12Sch. 7 para. 5 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/670), regs. 1(1), 25(2)(a) (with reg. 23(3)) (as amended (24.7.2014) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 60(5)(c) (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1)); coming into force immediately after s. 29 of 2011 c 19 - see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 5 in so far as not already in force (6.4.2005) by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7