SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Pension compensation on divorce etc: Scotland

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In section 8 (orders for financial provision)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

after paragraph (baa) insert—

bab

a pension compensation sharing order;

ii

after paragraph (ba) insert—

bb

an order under section 12B(2);

b

subsection (4A) is repealed,

c

after subsection (7) add—

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The court shall not, in the same proceedings, make both a pension compensation sharing order and an order under section 12B(2) in relation to the same PPF compensation.

9

The court shall not make a pension compensation sharing order in relation to rights to PPF compensation that—

a

derive from rights under a pension scheme which is subject to an order made under section 12A(2) or (3) in relation to the marriage or (as the case may be) civil partnership or a previous one between the same persons,

b

derive from rights under a pension scheme which were at any time the subject of a pension sharing order in relation to the marriage or (as the case may be) civil partnership or a previous one between the same persons,

c

are or have been the subject of a pension compensation sharing order in relation to the marriage or (as the case may be) civil partnership or a previous one between the same persons, or

d

are the subject of an order made under section 12B(2) in relation to the marriage or (as the case may be) civil partnership or a previous one between the same persons.

10

Where, as regards PPF compensation, the parties to a marriage or the partners in a civil partnership have in effect a qualifying agreement which contains a term relating to pension compensation sharing, the court shall not—

a

make an order under section 12B(2); or

b

make a pension compensation sharing order,

relating to the compensation unless it also sets aside the agreement or term under section 16(1)(b) of this Act.

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For the purposes of subsection (10)—

a

the expression “term relating to pension compensation sharing” is to be construed by reference to section 16(2AA) of this Act; and

b

a qualifying agreement is one to which section 110(1) of the Pensions Act 2008 relates.