Regulation 20 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1I1
England and Wales
This Chapter applies in relation to—
a pension credit member (“C”),
the corresponding pension debit member (“D”), and
the pension sharing order by virtue of which C became a pension credit member in relation to D’s remediable service (the “relevant pension sharing order”).
In this Chapter—
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“appropriate person” (“person priodol”) means—
- (a)
D, or
- (b)
where D is deceased, D’s personal representatives;
- (a)
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“C” (“C”) means the pension credit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);
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“cash equivalent” (“cyfwerth ariannol”) means an amount calculated in accordance with regulations made under section 30 of WRPA 1999f1;
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“corresponding pension debit member” (“aelod â debyd pensiwn cyfatebol”) means the member referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “pension credit member”;
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“D” (“D”) means the corresponding pension debit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);
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“pension credit member” (“aelod â chredyd pensiwn”) means a member of a firefighters’ pension scheme who has rights under the scheme—
- (a)
which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension creditf2,
- (b)
which arise by virtue of a pension sharing order with a transfer day on or after 1 April 2015, and
- (c)
the value of which was determined (to any extent) by reference to the value of benefits payable in respect of the remediable service of another member;
- (a)
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“pension sharing order” (“gorchymyn rhannu pensiwn”) means the order or provision by virtue of which section 29 of WRPA 1999 applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;
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“relevant pension sharing order” (“gorchymyn rhannu pensiwn perthnasol”) has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(c);
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“remediable relevant benefits” (“buddion perthnasol rhwymedïol”) means the benefits or future benefits described in section 29(4) and (5) of WRPA 1999 to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights;
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“remediable shareable rights” (“hawliau rhanadwy rhwymedïol”) means D’s shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable service during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on the earlier of—
- (a)
the day before the transfer date, or
- (b)
the last day of D’s remediable service;
- (a)
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“shareable rights” (“hawliau rhanadwy”) has the meaning given in section 27(2) of WRPA 1999;
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“transfer day” (“diwrnod trosglwyddo”) means the day on which the relevant pension sharing order takes effect;
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“valuation day” (“diwrnod prisio”) has the meaning given in section 29(7) of WRPA 1999.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 20 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(3)
Footnotes
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In accordance with section 110(1) of the PSPJO 2022, “WRPA 1999” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).
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See section 19(7) of the PSPJOA 2022 for the meanings of “pension debit” and “pension credit”.