Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4 modified (N.I.) (1.4.2006) by The Firemens Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/210), arts. 1(2), 103
C2Pt. 4 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 9, 10
C3Pt. 4 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 12
C4Pt. 4 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 13(5)
C5Pt. 4 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 26
C6Pt. 4 modified (31.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 3 para. 7; S.I. 2007/3203, art. 3(b)
C7Pt. 4 modified (1.7.2008) (N.I.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/256), regs. 1, 124(1) (with regs. 134, 258)
C8Pt. 4 modified by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/572), reg. 5A (as inserted (6.4.2006) by S.I. 2008/2990, arts. 1(1), 3)
C9Pt. 4 applied (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 35 para. 18
[F1(1)]The only payments a registered pension scheme is authorised to make to or in respect of a [F2person who is or has been a] member of the pension scheme are—
(a)pensions permitted by the pension rules or the pension death benefit rules [F3to be paid to or in respect of a member] (see sections 165 and 167),
(b)lump sums permitted by the lump sum rule or the lump sum death benefit rule [F4to be paid to or in respect of a member] (see sections 166 and 168),
(c)recognised transfers (see section 169),
(d)scheme administration member payments (see section 171),
(e)payments pursuant to a pension sharing order or provision, and
(f)payments of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.
[F5(2)Regulations under subsection (1)(f) may—
(a)provide that for the purposes of Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 all or part of a prescribed payment is to be treated as pension under a registered pension scheme, or as a lump sum of a prescribed description,
(b)provide that all or part of a prescribed payment is subject to the short service refund lump sum charge or the special lump sum death benefits charge,
(c)provide that a prescribed event in relation to a prescribed payment is to be treated for the purposes of the lifetime allowance charge as a benefit crystallisation event, and make provision as to the amount crystallised by that event,
F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations under subsection (1)(f).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 164(1): s. 164 renumbered as s. 164(1) (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 1(2)(a)
F2Words in s. 164 inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 6(a)
F3Words in s. 164(a) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 6(b)
F4Words in s. 164(b) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 161(2), Sch. 23 para. 6(c)
F5S. 164(2) inserted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 1(2)(b)
F6S. 164(2)(d) omitted (21.7.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 75(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C10S. 164 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 8
Commencement Information
I1Ss. 160-274, 281, Schs. 30-35 in force at 6.4.2006 but any power to make an order or regulations under those provisions may be exercised at any time after Royal Assent, see s. 284