# The Pension Sharing (Implementation and Discharge of Liability) Regulations 2000, Regulation 7: Funded pension schemes


(1) The circumstances in which the trustees or managers of a scheme, to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act applies, may discharge their liability in respect of a pension credit in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b) of that paragraph are where—
(a) the person entitled to the credit has failed to provide his consent in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a) and (4) of that Schedule; and
(b) the circumstances set out in paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule do not apply.
(2) The circumstances in which the trustees or managers of a scheme, to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act applies, may discharge their liability in respect of a pension credit in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(c) of that paragraph are where—
(a) the person entitled to the credit has failed to provide his consent in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c) of that Schedule; and
(b) either—
(i) the person entitled to the pension credit has failed to provide his consent in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a) and (4) of that Schedule; or
(ii) the trustees or managers of the scheme have not discharged their liability in accordance with paragraph (1) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1053/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pension-sharing-implementation-and-discharge-of-liability-regulations-2000/regulation-7
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