SCHEDULE 1The Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme Rules
PART ICLAUSES
Surrender and Forfeiture Laws19
1
Subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (2) below, section 91 (Inalienability of occupational pension), section 92 (Forfeiture, etc), section 93 (Forfeiture by reference to obligation to employer) and section 94 (Sections 91 to 93: supplementary) of the Pensions Act 1995 and any regulations made under those sections (the “Surrender and Forfeiture Laws”) shall be treated as applicable to the RMSPS, such that—
a
entitlements or rights under the RMSPS cannot be forfeited, assigned, commuted, surrendered or charged; and
b
no lien or set-off may be exercised in respect of such entitlements or rights,
except to the extent permitted under the Surrender and Forfeiture Laws. Any agreement, act or occurrence that is not so permitted shall have the same consequence under the RMSPS as if the Surrender and Forfeiture Laws applied to it directly.
2
The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be treated as modified in their application to the RMSPS, such that—
a
the references in or under section 91(5)(d) and section 93 to an “employer” shall be taken to mean an Employer;
b
the references in or under section 91(5)(e) to “the scheme” shall be taken to include the RMPP as well as the RMSPS.
3
Subject in both cases to the Surrender and Forfeiture Laws as applied to the RMSPS under sub-paragraph (1) above, General Rule 5 (Non-assignability of benefits and forfeiture) makes provision relating to assignment and forfeiture of benefits in respect of Cut-Off Date Actives, and sub-paragraph (4) below makes provision relating to assignment and forfeiture of benefits in respect of Wholly Transferred Beneficiaries.
4
Benefits under the RMSPS in respect of Wholly Transferred Beneficiaries will (in accordance with Clause 3(2) (Benefits payable in respect of Wholly Transferred Beneficiaries)) be subject to any equivalent provisions relating to assignment and forfeiture that applied to them under the RMPP Cut-Off Date Rules. The benefits of a Wholly Transferred Beneficiary may also be set-off in accordance with Clause 16 (Set-off for crime, fraud or negligence).