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England, Wales and Scotland

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

(1)

Compensation is payable in accordance with this paragraph where, under the admissible rules of the scheme, a person who is a deferred member immediately before the assessment date has not attained normal pension age, in respect of his rights to a pension under the scheme, before that date.

(2)

If that person (“the deferred member”) survives to attain normal pension age in respect of that pension (“the pension”), he is entitled to periodic compensation in respect of the pension commencing at that age and continuing for life.

(3)

The annual rate of the periodic compensation is 90% of the aggregate of—

(a)

the protected pension rate, F1...

F2(aa)

if the commencement of periodic compensation under this paragraph has been postponed for any period by virtue of paragraph 25A, the amount of the actuarial increase under that paragraph, and

(b)

any increases under paragraph 28 (annual increases in periodic compensation).

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3) “the protected pension rate” means the aggregate of—

(a)

the accrued amount,

(b)

the revaluation amount for the first revaluation period (see paragraph 16), and

(c)

the revaluation amount for the second revaluation period (see paragraph 17).

(5)

In sub-paragraph (4) “the accrued amount” means an amount equal to the initial annual rate of the pension to which the deferred member would have been entitled in accordance with the admissible rules had he attained normal pension age when the pensionable service relating to the pension ended.

(6)

This paragraph is subject to—

  • F3paragraph 22A (calculation of compensation on and after 1 January 2024),

  • paragraph 24 (commutation),

  • F4paragraph 25E (terminal illness lump sum),

  • F5... and

  • paragraph 30 (power of Secretary of State to change percentage rates by order).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 7 para. 15(3)(a) omitted (13.3.2013) by virtue of Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(7)(a); S.I. 2013/585, art. 2(b)(ii)

F2

Sch. 7 para. 15(3)(aa) inserted (13.3.2013) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(7)(b); S.I. 2013/585, art. 2(b)(ii)

F3

Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(6) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2004 (Amendment) (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1309), reg. 3(2)

F4

Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(6) inserted (1.4.2009) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 149(1), Sch. 8 para. 7; S.I. 2009/809, art. 2(1)(b)(i)

F5

Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(6) omitted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2004 (Amendment) (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1309), reg. 3(3)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 7 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 15

C2

Sch. 7 para. 15 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/670), regs. 1(1), 25(2)(b) (with reg. 23(3)) (as amended (24.7.2014) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 60(5)(c) (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1)); coming into force immediately after s. 29 of 2011 c 19 - see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2)

C3

Sch. 7 para. 15 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 12

C4

Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 14(2)

C5

Sch. 7 modified (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/670), regs. 1(1), 12 (with reg. 23(3))

C6

Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Hybrid Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/449), regs. 1(1), 3(2)-(4)

C7

Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Reviewable Ill Health Pensions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/652), regs. 1(1), 13(1)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 7 para. 15 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7

Notes on Schedule 7

Modifications

C1

Sch. 7 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2005/652, reg. 14(2) (1.4.2005) by The Occupational Pension Schemes and Pension Protection Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/993), regs. 1(1), 7

C7

Sch. 7 modified (1.8.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1690), regs. 1(1), 3

C8

Sch. 7 applied (24.7.2014) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 42(1), 53, 57 (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1)); coming into force immediately after s. 29 of 2011 c. 19 - see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2

C9

Sch. 7 applied (24.7.2014 immediately after 2011 c. 19, s. 29, see S.I. 2014/1683, art. 2) by The Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1711), regs. 1(1), 42(1), 53, 57 (with regs. 6, 41, 44(1), 47(1), 69(2), 72(1), 76(1))

C10

Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 2005/670, reg. 29 (as inserted in Pt. 12 of S.I. 2005/670 by S.I. 2018/95, reg. 2(6)) (24.2.2018) by The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/95), regs. 1, 2(6)

C11

Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 2005/670, reg. 30 (as inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 30(3)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Pension Protection Fund (Pensionable Service) and Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment and Disclosure) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/988), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(3))