# The Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) Regulations 2000, Regulation 26: Extension of time limits for payment of cash equivalents

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Regulatory Authority may grant an extension of the period mentioned in section 101J(1)(a) or (b) of the 1993 Act to the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme if the trustees or managers have within that period applied to the Regulatory Authority for an extension and—
(a) the Regulatory Authority is satisfied that—
(i) the scheme is being wound up or is about to be wound up;
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) the interests of the members of the scheme generally will be prejudiced if the trustees or managers do what is needed to carry out what is required within that period;
(iv) the eligible member has not taken all such steps as the trustees or managers can reasonably expect in order to satisfy them of any matter which falls to be established before they can properly carry out what the eligible member requires;
(v) the trustees or managers have not been provided with such information as they reasonably require properly to carry out what the eligible member requires; or
(vi) the eligible member’s written statement has been reduced or increased under regulation 28 or the eligible member has disputed the amount of the cash equivalent;
(b) the provisions of section 53 of the 1993 Act (supervision: former contracted-out schemes) apply; or
(c) an application has been made for an extension on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (a) or (b) and the Regulatory Authority’s consideration of the application cannot be completed before the end of the period mentioned in section 101J(1)(a) or (b) of the 1993 Act.
(2) In this regulation—
“scheme reconciliation service” means the service set up by HMRC which allows schemes to compare the scheme’s records of members who have been contracted-out, and the value of members’ guaranteed minimum pensions, with HMRC’s records of the same, with a view to removing any errors in the scheme’s or HMRC’s records;
“section 9(2B) rights” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) (No.2) Regulations 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1054/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pension-sharing-pension-credit-benefit-regulations-2000/regulation-26
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