The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Amendments to the principal Regulations

4.  In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “(4)” there shall be substituted “(5)”;

(b) in paragraph (2) for sub—paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) benefits cease to accrue to the employee under the scheme—

(i) on or after 17th March 1987 and he thereupon becomes a member of another scheme established by his employer or of a scheme established by a relevant employer; or

(ii) by reason of his secondment or posting to a foreign branch of the employer or to another employer and on or after 17th March 1987 the period of his secondment or posting ends and he thereupon becomes a member of a scheme established by the employer by whom he was seconded or posted, or by a relevant employer, and at the time of his secondment or posting he had a definite expectation that he would become a member of such a scheme; or

(iii) by reason of his unpaid absence if, within one month of returning to work, and on or after 17th March 1987, he becomes a member of a scheme established by the employer who established the scheme, or of a scheme established by a relevant employer; or

(iv) by reason of her pregnancy or confinement if, within one month of returning to work, and on or after 17th March 1987, she becomes a member of a scheme established by the employer who established the scheme, or of a scheme established by a relevant employer; or

(v) (where the circumstances are other than those specified in paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv)) if, within one month of benefits ceasing so to accrue, and on or after 17th March 1987, benefits again accrue to the employee under that scheme.”;

(c) after paragraph (4) there shall be added—

“(5) The circumstances prescribed in this paragraph are circumstances where before 17th March 1987 an employee was a member of a scheme and on or after 17th March 1987 the employee becomes a member of a scheme which provides benefits in addition to those under the scheme of which he remains a member.”.