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Regulation 16 Transfer payments in respect of safeguarded rights—generalI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A transfer of liability from—

(a)

a salary related contracted-out scheme (or a scheme which has ceased to be a salary related contracted-out scheme), or

(b)

a money purchase contracted-out scheme or an appropriate scheme (or a scheme which has ceased to be a money purchase contracted-out scheme or an appropriate scheme),

may give effect to the safeguarded rights of a person entitled to a pension credit by the making of a transfer payment to a scheme referred to in paragraph (2).

(2)

A transfer payment in respect of safeguarded rights may be made to—

(a)

an appropriate scheme;

(b)

a money purchase contracted-out scheme;

(c)

a salary related contracted-out scheme;

(d)

a personal pension scheme which has ceased to be an appropriate scheme, or

(e)

an occupational pension scheme which has ceased to be contracted-out,

in accordance with regulations 17 to 19 and no such transfer may be made otherwise.

(3)

In this regulation and in regulations 17 to 19 a “transfer payment” means a transfer payment such as is described in this regulation.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 16 in operation at 1.12.2000, see reg. 1(1)