{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-general-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2006/regulation-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-general-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2006/regulation-4A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/580",
  "legislation_title": "The Pension Protection Fund (General and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-general-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/4A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Power to pay certain transfer payments and contribution refunds",
  "text": "(1) The Board must pay 90% of the rights described in paragraph (2) in the circumstances prescribed in paragraph (3).\n(2) The rights are—\n(a) any transfer payment; and\n(b) any payment in respect of a refund of contributions,\nto which a member of the scheme was entitled immediately before the commencement of the assessment period.\n(3) The circumstances are that—\n(a) the Board assumes responsibility for a scheme in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Act;\n(b) the circumstances and conditions prescribed in—\n(i) regulation 16(1) of the Entry Rules Regulations (restrictions on winding up, discharge of liabilities etc ); or\n(ii) regulation 2 of the Pension Protection Fund (Hybrid Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005 (discharge of liabilities in respect of money purchase benefits during the assessment period),\nwere met in respect of the rights;\n(c) the rights remained unpaid at the time the transfer notice was received by the trustees or managers of the scheme; and\n(d) the member sends the Board a written request to make a payment in respect of the rights.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4A inserted (1.4.2009) by Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/451), regs. 1, 5(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/580/regulation/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:35:50.366745+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."
}