Part 5

Occupational and personal pension schemes: miscellaneous provisions

Pension protection on transfer of employment

Conditions for pension protection
257
1
This section applies in relation to a person (“the employee”) where—
a
there is a relevant transfer within the meaning of the
TUPE
regulations,
b
by virtue of the transfer the employee ceases to be employed by the transferor and becomes employed by the transferee, and
c
at the time immediately before the employee becomes employed by the transferee—
i
there is an occupational pension scheme (“the scheme”) in relation to which the transferor is the employer, and
ii
one of subsections (2), (3) and (4) applies.
2
This subsection applies where—
a
the employee is an active member of the scheme, and
b
if any of the benefits that may be provided under the scheme are money purchase benefits—
i
the transferor is required to make contributions to the scheme in respect of the employee, or
ii
the transferor is not so required but has made one or more such contributions.
3
This subsection applies where—
a
the employee is not an active member of the scheme but is eligible to be such a member, and
b
if any of the benefits that may be provided under the scheme are money purchase benefits, the transferor would have been required to make contributions to the scheme in respect of the employee if the employee had been an active member of it.
4
This subsection applies where—
a
the employee is not an active member of the scheme, nor eligible to be such a member, but would have been an active member of the scheme or eligible to be such a member if, after the date on which he became employed by the transferor, he had been employed by the transferor for a longer period, and
b
if any of the benefits that may be provided under the scheme are money purchase benefits, the transferor would have been required to make contributions to the scheme in respect of the employee if the employee had been an active member of it.
5
For the purposes of this section, the condition in subsection (1)(c) is to be regarded as satisfied in any case where it would have been satisfied but for any action taken by the transferor by reason of the transfer.
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8
In this section—
- the “TUPE Regulations” means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ;
- references to the transferor include any associate of the transferor, and section 435 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that Act.
S. 257 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7
S. 257(1)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(2)
S. 257(6) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(3)
Words in s. 257(8) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(4)
Ss. 257 258 applied (29.9.2008) by The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 27
Ss. 257, 258 applied (29.9.2008 at 8.00 a.m.) by The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 27
S. 257 applied (30.3.2009) by The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/814), art. 4
S. 257 applied (30.3.2009 at 8.00 a.m.) by The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/814), art. 4
S. 257 applied (1.1.2010) by The Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3226), art. 12
S. 257(7) repealed (6.4.2012 being "the abolition date" for the purposes of s. 15(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), ss. 15(4), 27(7), 30(2)(b), Sch. 4 para. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. 6 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 3); S.I. 2011/1267, art. 2(a)
S. 257 applied (31.10.2023) by The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/80), arts. 1(3), 31