{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/24",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "There is a protection-cessation event if the reference number for the purposes of paragraph 1(2) was issued pursuant to an application made on or after 15 March 2023 and—\n(a) there is benefit accrual in relation to the individual under an arrangement under a registered pension scheme,\n(b) there is an impermissible transfer into any arrangement under a registered pension scheme relating to the individual,\n(c) a transfer of sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, any such arrangement is made that is not a permitted transfer, or\n(d) an arrangement relating to the individual is made under a registered pension scheme otherwise than in permitted circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 inserted (6.4.2023 for the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 23(7)(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3(c) modified (6.4.2023) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/113), regs. 1(2), 42 (with reg. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/24/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:05.350093+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}