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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7E+W+SPension compensation provisions

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

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))

Pension benefits postponed at assessment dateE+W+S

7(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 lump sum under the admissible rules of the scheme (“the scheme lump sum”),

(b)payment of that lump sum is postponed, and

(c)he has attained normal pension age in relation to the lump sum.

(2)That person is entitled to compensation in the form of a lump sum of an amount equal to 100% of [F1the aggregate of—

(a)the amount of the scheme lump sum which would have been payable had the postponement ceased immediately before the assessment date, and

(b)if the payment of compensation under this paragraph has been postponed for any period by virtue of paragraph 25A, the amount of the actuarial increase under that paragraph.]

(3)The compensation is payable at the assessment date.

(4)Where the scheme lump sum 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”.

(5)This paragraph does not apply in relation to a lump sum to which a person is entitled by reason of commuting any part of a pension under the scheme.

[F2(6)This paragraph is subject to—

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 7(2) substituted (13.3.2013) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(2); S.I. 2013/585, art. 2(b)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7