PART 5Miscellaneous
Pension sharing
82Pension sharing and normal benefit age
(1)
The Pension Schemes Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2)
““normal benefit age”, in relation to a pension credit benefit for a member of a scheme, is the earliest age at which the member is entitled to receive the benefit without adjustment for taking it early or late (disregarding any special provision as to early payment on the grounds of ill-health or otherwise);
“normal pension age”, in relation to a benefit for a member of a scheme, means the earliest age at which the member is entitled to receive the benefit without adjustment for taking it early or late (disregarding any special provision as to early payment on the grounds of ill-health or otherwise).”
(3)
“(1)
The normal benefit age in relation to a pension credit benefit for a member of a scheme—
(a)
must not be lower than 60, and
(b)
must not be higher than the permitted maximum.
(1A)
The “permitted maximum” is 65 or, if higher, the highest normal pension age for any benefit that is payable under the scheme to or in respect of any of the members by virtue of rights which are not attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit.”