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F1Sch. 1 Pt. I heading substituted (6.4.2016) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Abolition of Contracting-out for Salary Related Pension Schemes) (Consequential Amendments and Savings) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/200), arts. 1(2), 4(11)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I heading omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/234), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)
1. Subject to paragraphs 2 to 4, the receiving scheme must in respect of the rights transferred—
(a)provide for pensions payable at the rates at which guaranteed minimum pensions would have been payable by the transferring scheme if the transfer had not taken place; F3...
(b)contain the same provision for commencement and continuation of payment of those pensions and (if any) for commutation, suspension and forfeiture as for guaranteed minimum pensions provided by the receiving scheme in accordance with [F4section 13 or (as the case may be) 17 of the 1993 Act].
[F5(c)comply with sections 13 to 24E of the 1993 Act in respect of accrued rights.]
Textual Amendments
F3Word in Sch. 1 para. 1(a) omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/234), regs. 1, 2(7)(b)(i)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(b) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/234), regs. 1, 2(7)(b)(ii)
F5Sch. 1 para. 1(c) inserted (6.4.2018) by The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/234), regs. 1, 2(7)(b)(iii)
2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the arrangements for the transfer (in this Schedule called “the arrangements") must contain provision that the earner’s earnings factors which are attributable to any particular period of service, or the weekly equivalent derived therefrom, will be increased at the same rate under the receiving scheme as that at which they or it would have fallen to be increased under the transferring scheme if—
F6(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the transfer had not taken place.
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 1 para. 2(a) and word omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2014 (Abolition of Contracting-out for Salary Related Pension Schemes) (Consequential Amendments and Savings) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/200), arts. 1(2), 4(11)(b)
3. If the weekly equivalent derived from the earnings factors which are attributable to any particular period of service was not, before the transfer, affected by a provision made, or a provision analogous to one made, under section 16(2) and (3) of the 1993 Act, the arrangements may contain a provision analogous to one made under section 16(2) and (3) in relation to it.
4. If the weekly equivalent derived from the earnings factors which are attributable to any particular period of service was, before the transfer, affected by a provision made, or a provision analogous to one made, under section 16(2) and (3) of the 1993 Act, the arrangements may contain a provision that those earnings factors will be increased under the receiving scheme at the same rate as that at which they would have fallen to be increased if—
(a)there had never been a provision made, or a provision analogous to one made; or
(b)in the case only of the first transfer of the rights in question, a different provision had been made
under section 16(2) and (3) relating to that weekly equivalent.
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