Paragraph 12 C1C2
United Kingdom
This paragraph applies on and after 6th April 2006 in the case of an individual who has one or more relevant existing arrangements if notice of intention to rely on it is given to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue.
But this paragraph ceases to apply if F1the notice under sub-paragraph (1) is given on or after 15 March 2023 and—
relevant benefit accrual occurs under the arrangement, or any of the arrangements (see paragraph 13),
there is an impermissible transfer into the arrangement or any of the arrangements (see paragraph 17A),
a transfer of sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangement or any of the arrangements is made that is not a permitted transfer, or
an arrangement relating to the individual is made under a registered pension scheme otherwise than F3in permitted circumstances.
An arrangement is made in permitted circumstances if it is made—
for the purposes of a permitted transfer,
as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise, or
as part of an age-equality compliance exercise.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2A)(b) an arrangement (“the new arrangement”) relating to an individual is made as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise if—
it is made in connection with the cancellation of rights under another arrangement relating to the individual (“the old arrangement”),
the old arrangement and the new arrangement relate to the same employment,
there is a prospective entitlement to pension death benefits within section 167(1) or lump sum death benefits within section 168(1) (or both) under both the old arrangement and the new arrangement,
the making of the new arrangement and the cancellation of the old arrangement constitute or form part of a transaction the purpose of which is to secure that the activities of the pension scheme under which the arrangement is made are limited to retirement-benefit activities within the meaning of section 255 of the Pensions Act 2004 or Article 232 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, and
the rights cancelled under the old arrangement and the rights conferred under the new arrangement are not significantly different.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2A)(c) an arrangement (“the new arrangement”) is made as part of an age-equality compliance exercise if—
it is made in connection with the cancellation of rights under another arrangement relating to the individual (“the old arrangement”),
the old arrangement and the new arrangement relate to the same employment,
there is a prospective entitlement to pension death benefits within section 167(1) or lump sum death benefits within section 168(1) (or both) under both the old arrangement and the new arrangement, and
Where this paragraph applies in the case of an individual—
this Part of this Act, and
Chapter 15A of Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 (pension income: lump sums under registered pension schemes),
have effect in relation to the individual with the modifications specified in paragraph 12A.
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An individual has a relevant existing arrangement if—
before 6th April 2006 an arrangement relating to the individual has been made under a pension scheme within paragraph 1(1), and
the pension scheme becomes a registered pension scheme on that date.
Notice of intention to rely on this paragraph in relation to the individual may not be given in a case where—
the value of the uncrystallised rights of the individual on 5th April 2006 under an arrangement, or
the aggregate of the values of the uncrystallised rights of the individual on 5th April 2006 under arrangements,
is arrived at in accordance with paragraph F99(3) unless such rights as, in accordance with regulations made by the Board of Inland Revenue, are to be treated as representing the relevant excess have been surrendered.
In sub-paragraph (5) “the relevant excess” means the amount by which the value of—
the individual’s uncrystallised rights, or
the aggregate of the values of the individual’s uncrystallised rights,
as arrived at in accordance with paragraph 8 exceeds what it would be if arrived at under paragraph F109(3).
For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraphs 13 and 15, a transfer of sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, an arrangement is a permitted transfer if—
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the sums or assets F12. . . are transferred so that sub-paragraph (8) applies in relation to them, and
the aggregate of the amount of F13the sums and the market value of the assets is, applying normal actuarial practice, equivalent before and after the transfer.
This sub-paragraph applies in relation to sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangement if—
they are transferred so as to become held for the purposes of a money purchase arrangement that is not a cash balance arrangement F14. . . . . .
where the transfer occurs in connection with the winding up of the pension scheme under which the arrangement is made and the arrangement is a cash balance arrangement or a defined benefits arrangement, they are transferred so as to become held for the purposes of, or to represent rights under, a cash balance arrangement or defined benefits arrangement relating to the same employment as the arrangement and made under a registered pension scheme or recognised overseas pension scheme.
where the arrangement is a cash balance arrangement or a defined benefits arrangement relating to a present or former employment, they are transferred in connection with a relevant business transfer so as to become held for the purposes of, or to represent rights under, a cash balance arrangement or defined benefits arrangement made under a registered pension scheme or recognised overseas pension scheme, or
where the arrangement (“the old arrangement”) is a cash balance arrangement or a defined benefits arrangement, they are transferred as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise so as to become held for the purposes of, or to represent rights under, a cash balance arrangement or defined benefits arrangement (“the new arrangement”) relating to the same employment as the old arrangement and made under a registered pension scheme or recognised overseas pension scheme.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8)(c) “relevant business transfer” means a transfer of an undertaking or a business (or part of an undertaking or a business) from one person to another—
which involves the transfer of at least 20 employees, and
in the case of which, if the transferor and the transferee are bodies corporate, they would not be treated as members of the same group for the purposes of F17Part 5 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8)(d) sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the old arrangement are transferred as part of a retirement-benefit activities compliance exercise if—
there is a prospective entitlement to pension death benefits within section 167(1) or lump sum death benefits within section 168(1) (or both) under both the old arrangement and the new arrangement, and
the transfer constitutes or forms part of a transaction the purpose of which is to secure that the activities of the pension scheme under which the old arrangement was made are limited to retirement-benefit activities within the meaning of section 255 of the Pensions Act 2004 or Article 232 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.
Where there is a permitted transfer—
if the transfer is a permitted transfer by virtue of sub-paragraph (8)(c), this paragraph (and paragraphs 13, 15 to 17 and 17A(3)) apply as if the arrangement to which the transfer is made were the same as that from which it is made and (if the employment is transferred) as if the employment with the transferee were the employment with the transferor.
The Treasury may by order amend sub-paragraph (8) (and make other amendments consequential on any amendment of that sub-paragraph).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(2) inserted (for the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 23(2)(8)
- F2
Sch. 36 para. 12(2)(aa) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 53(3), 64(1)
- F3
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(2)(c) substituted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(2), 24(3)
- F4
Sch. 36 para. 12(2A)-(2C) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(3), 24(3)
- F5
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(2C)(d) substituted by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(a) (as inserted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2010) by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5 (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2))
- F6
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(2C)(d) substituted by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(b) (as inserted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2010) by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5 (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2))
- F7
Sch. 36 para. 12(3A) substituted (18.11.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by The Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1012), regs. 1(2)(3), 8(4)(a)
- F8
Sch. 36 para. 12(3B)-(3H) omitted (18.11.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of The Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1012), regs. 1(2)(3), 8(4)(b)
- F9
Word in Sch. 36 para. 12(5) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 53(5), 64(1)
- F10
Word in Sch. 36 para. 12(6) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 53(5), 64(1)
- F11
Sch. 36 para. 12(7)(a) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(4)(a), 24(3)
- F12
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(7)(b) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(4)(b), 24(3)
- F13
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(7)(c) substituted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(4)(c), 24(3)
- F14
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(8)(a) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(5), 24(3)
- F15
Sch. 36 para. 12(8)(c)(d) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(6), 24(3)
- F16
Sch. 36 para. 12(8A)(8B) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(7), 24(3)
- F17
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(8A)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 432(2) (with Sch. 2)
- F18
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(a) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 53(6)(a), 64(1)
- F19
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(a) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(8)(a), 24(3)
- F20
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(b) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(8)(b), 24(3)
- F21
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 53(6)(b), 64(1)
- F22
Words in Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(b) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(8)(b), 24(3)
- F23
Sch. 36 para. 12(9)(c) and preceding word inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(8)(c), 24(3)
- F24
Sch. 36 para. 12(10) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 20 paras. 17(9), 24(3)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 36 para. 12 construed as one with reg. 30 (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 30(3)
- C2
Sch. 36 para. 12 modified (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 30(2)
- C3
Sch. 36 para. 12(2A)-(2C) applied (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 14(10)
- C4
Sch. 36 para. 12(2A)-(2C) applied (with application in accordance with Sch. 22 para. 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 22 para. 1(9)
- C5
Sch. 36 para. 12(2A)-(2C) applied (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 4 para. 7
- C6
Sch. 36 para. 12(7)-(8B) applied (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 14(9)
- C7
Sch. 36 para. 12(7)-(8B) applied (with application in accordance with Sch. 22 para. 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 22 para. 1(8)
- C8
Sch. 36 para. 12(7)-(8B) applied (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 4 para. 6
- C9
Sch. 36 para. 12(8) modified (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/572), arts. 1(1), 35
Notes on Schedule 36
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 36 applied (1.6.2018) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/141), regs. 1(1), 48(2)
- C2
Sch. 36 modified by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/572), art. 23D (as inserted (1.6.2009) by S.I. 2009/1172, arts. 1, 3; and as amended (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by S.I. 2024/1012, regs. 1(2)(3), 25(15) and by S.I. 2026/698, regs. 1(2)(6), 14(3))
Notes on Part 2
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 36 Pt. 2 heading substituted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by The Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/698), regs. 1(2)(6), 5(2)
- F2
Words in Sch. 36 Pt. 2 heading substituted (6.4.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 66, 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)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 36 Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.5.2010) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Tax) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1187), regs. 1(1), 5-11