F136B Orders under section 36A.S
(1)Without prejudice to the generality of section 36A(2) an order under section 36A may include provision—
(a)requiring the person responsible for the arrangement to pay an amount to the F2. . . trustee,
(b)adjusting the liabilities of the arrangement in respect of the debtor,
(c)adjusting any liabilities of the arrangement in respect of any other person that derive, directly or indirectly, from rights of the debtor under the arrangement,
(d)for the recovery by the person responsible for the arrangement (whether by deduction from any amount which that person is ordered to pay or otherwise) of costs incurred by that person in complying in the debtor’s case with any requirement under section 36C(1) or in giving effect to the order.
(2)In subsection (1), references to adjusting the liabilities of the arrangement in respect of a person include (in particular) reducing the amount of any benefit or future benefit to which that person is entitled under the arrangement.
(3)In subsection (1)(c), the reference to liabilities of the arrangement does not include liabilities in respect of a person which result from giving effect to an order or provision falling within section 28(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (pension sharing orders and agreements).
(4)The maximum amount which the person responsible for an arrangement may be required to pay by an order under section 36A is the lesser of—
(a)the amount of the excessive contributions, and
(b)the value of the debtor’s rights under the arrangement (if the arrangement is an approved pension arrangement) or of his excluded rights under the arrangement (if the arrangement is an unapproved pension arrangement).
(5)An order under section 36A which requires the person responsible for an arrangement to pay an amount (“the restoration amount”) to the F2. . . trustee must provide for the liabilities of the arrangement to be correspondingly reduced.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (5), liabilities are correspondingly reduced if the difference between—
(a)the amount of the liabilities immediately before the reduction, and
(b)the amount of the liabilities immediately after the reduction,
is equal to the restoration amount.
(7)An order under section 36A in respect of an arrangement—
(a)shall be binding on the person responsible for the arrangement; and
(b)overrides provisions of the arrangement to the extent that they conflict with the provisions of the order.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 36A-36C substituted (11.11.1999 for certain purposes and 6.4.2002 in so far as not already in force) by 1999 c. 30, s. 16; S.I. 2002/153, art. 2(f)
F2Words in s. 36B repealed (1.4.2008) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), ss. 226, 227(3), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2008/115, art. 3(2)(3), Sch. 2 (with arts. 4-6, 10 (as amended (with effect from 31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 36B applied (with modifications) (4.4.2006) by The Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1030), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 Article 23 paras. 1-3 (subject to paras. 6, 9)