Section 97C Reduction of cash equivalents in case of designated schemesF1

(1)

The Treasury may by regulations provide that where, under section 95(1), a member of a designated scheme requires the trustees or managers to use a cash equivalent for acquiring a right or entitlement to flexible benefits under the rules of another pension scheme the cash equivalent must be reduced by an amount determined in accordance with the regulations.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) may not require a reduction in cases where a scheme ceases to be a designated scheme before the date on which the trustees or managers do what is needed to carry out what the member requires.

(3)

Regulations under subsection (1) may produce the result (alone or in conjunction with regulations under section 97) that the amount by which a cash equivalent is to be reduced is such an amount that a member has no right to receive anything.

(4)

In subsection (1), “designated scheme” means a funded public service defined benefits scheme, or part of such a scheme, that (on the date of the application under section 95(1)) is designated under section 97A or 97B.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 97C inserted (3.3.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), ss. 69(4), 89(1)(b)(3)(b) (with s. 87)

Notes on Part 4ZA

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 4ZA formed from Pt. 4 Chs. 4, 5 (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 4(1)
F2: Pt. 4ZA heading inserted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a) (with s. 87)

Modifications

C1: Pt. 4ZA: power to modify conferred (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22), ss. 91(8), 133(1)(7)

Notes on Chapter 1

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 heading substituted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) (with s. 87)

Modifications

C1: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) applied (31.5.1994) by The Railway Pensions (Protection and Designation of Schemes) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1432), arts. 1(1), 6(4)
C2: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/432), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C3: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Police Pensions (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/118), regs. 1(3), 11 (with reg. 5)
C4: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Police Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/370), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C5: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 9 (with regs. 148, 160, Sch. 3 para. 3)
C6: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/146), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C7: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Armed Forces Pension (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/390), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C8: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (S.) (1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/117), regs. 1(3), 11 (with reg. 5)
C9: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/145), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C10: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/436), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C11: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/848), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C12: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Consequential and Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/372), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C13: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 (originally Pt. IV Ch. IV) modified (1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/319), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 5)
C14: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 excluded (1.4.2017) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522), regs. 1, 71
C15: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1: power to modify conferred (5.9.2018 for specified purposes, 1.10.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2017 (c. 17), s. 44(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(6)(a); S.I. 2018/965, reg. 2(a)(b)
C16: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1: power to modify conferred (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.8.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(1)(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 1(6)(a); S.I. 2022/721, regs. 1(2), 3(a)
C17: Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 excluded by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1847), reg. 2A (as inserted (1.8.2022) by S.I. 2022/337, regs. 1(3), 3(3))