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Paragraph 12 I1C1C2

United Kingdom

(1)

This paragraph applies for the purposes of benefit crystallisation event 3 if the individual became entitled to the pension before 6th April 2006.

(2)

The permitted margin is the greater of—

(a)

what would be the permitted margin at that time if the individual had become entitled to the pension on or after that date (see paragraph 11), and

(b)

the amount by which the annual amount of the pension at the rate at which it was payable on the day on which the individual became entitled to it would be greater if it had been increased for the whole of the period specified in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph at the rate of P% per annum.

(3)

“P%” is the percentage by which, in accordance with the rules of the pension scheme immediately before 6th April 2006, the annual rate of the pension is to be increased each year.

F1(4)

If the pension is under a public service pension scheme, any abatement of the pension is to be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this paragraph the annual amount of the pension at the rate at which it was payable on the day on which the individual became entitled to it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 32 para. 12(4) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 8(5), 64(1)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 32 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pensions Schemes (Application of UK Provisions to Relevant Non-UK Schemes) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/207), regs. 1(1), 16

C2

Sch. 32 applied (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 23(5)

Commencement

I1

Ss. 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

Notes on Schedule 32

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 32 heading omitted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 13(3), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4; and by S.I. 2024/1012, regs. 1(2)(3), 17)

F2

Words in Sch. 32 shoulder note substituted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 13(2), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4; and by S.I. 2024/1012, regs. 1(2)(3), 17)