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The Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations 2000
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3.—(1) For the purposes of the court’s functions in connection with the exercise of any of its powers under Part II of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, benefits under a pension arrangement shall be calculated and verified in the manner set out in regulation 3 of the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations 2000 M1, and—
(a)the benefits shall be valued as at a date to be specified by the court (being not earlier than one year before the date of the petition and not later than the date on which the court is exercising its power);
(b)in determining that value the court may have regard to information furnished by the person responsible for the pension arrangement pursuant to any of the provisions set out in paragraph (2); and
(c)in specifying a date under sub-paragraph (a) above the court may have regard to the date specified in any information furnished as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above.
(2) The relevant provisions for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above are:
(a)the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations 2000;
(b)regulation 5 of and Schedule 2 to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1996 M2 and regulation 11 of and Schedule 1 to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Value) Regulations 1996 M3;
(c)[F1sections 93A and 94(1)] of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 M4;
(d)[F2section 94(2)] of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or paragraph 2(a) (or, where applicable, 2(b)) of Schedule 2 to the Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1987 M5.
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F1Words in reg. 3(2)(c) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Pension Sharing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/289), regs. 1(2), 6(a)
F2Words in reg. 3(2)(d) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Pension Sharing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/289), regs. 1(2), 6(b)
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M2S.I. 1996/1655, as amended by S.I. 1997/786 and 3038.
M41993 c. 48; section 93A was inserted by section 153 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).
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