Section 135 Pensions: interpretation.
England and Wales
(1)
This section has effect for the purposes of section 134.
(2)
Rights in relation to a person include—
(a)
all forms of right to or eligibility for the present or future payment of a pension to or in respect of him;
(b)
a right of allocation in respect of the present or future payment of a pension.
(3)
A deferred pensioner is a person who has rights under the occupational scheme but is neither a pensioner under it nor a person to whom rights are accruing under it by virtue of his employment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 135(4) substituted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 33 (with s. 87)
Marginal citations
- M1