# The Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995, Regulation 13: Exceptions to the equal treatment rule: bridging pensions


The following circumstances are prescribed for the purposes of section 64(2) of the Pensions Act—
(a) the man is in receipt of a pension from the scheme and has not attained pensionable age but would have attained pensionable age if he were a woman; and
(b) an additional amount of pension is paid to the man which does not exceed the amount of Category A retirement pension that would be payable to a woman with earnings the same as the man’s earnings in respect of his period of pensionable service under the scheme (assuming that the requirements for entitlement to Category A retirement pension were satisfied and a claim made).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3183/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-equal-treatment-regulations-1995/regulation-13
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