Regulation 3 Non-application of the subsisting rights provisions

be assigned;

be commuted;

be surrendered;

be charged;

have a lien exercised in respect of them; or

have a set-off exercised in respect of them,

with his consent; or

without his consent in accordance with the conditions specified in regulationF211B or 12 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991 M3 (short service benefit: F3transfer of member’s accrued rights to an occupational or personal pension scheme or a European pensions institution without consent);

any short service refund lump sum charge or special lump sum death benefits charge under sections 205 and 206 of the 2004 Act (short service refund lump sum charge and special lump sum death benefits charge) for which it is liable;

any lifetime allowance charge for which, under section 217 of the 2004 Act (persons liable to charge), it is jointly and severally liable with the individual (to whom the charge relates);

a surviving civil partner is treated in the same way as a F7F8widow or widowerwoman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a womanwoman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a woman, and

the rights of any other survivor of the member are determined as if the surviving civil partner were a widow or widowerwoman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a womanwoman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a woman F9;

a surviving same sex spouse is treated in the same way as a woman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a woman; and

the rights of any other survivor of the member are determined as if the surviving same sex spouse were a woman whose deceased spouse was a man, or a man whose deceased spouse was a womanF12...

the most recent actuarial valuation or (as the case may be) any multi-annual reduction in effect; and

the scheme rules; F14...

Schedule 6 to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2022; or

scheme rules made in accordance with the requirements of that Schedule F16; or

Schedule 6 to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025; or

scheme rules made in accordance with the requirements of that Schedule.