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Paragraph 13 I1

After section 49 insert—

“Creation of debits and credits: transferor in new state pension system and sharing activated on or after 6 April 2016

49A
(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

the transferor is in the new state pension system, and

(b)

the transfer day is 6 April 2016 or any later date.

(2)

Where this section applies because of a relevant order or provision—

(a)

the transferor is subject, for the purposes of section 14 of the Pensions Act 2014, to a debit of the shared weekly amount, and

(b)

the transferee is entitled, for the purposes of the relevant state pension legislation, to a credit of the shared weekly amount.

(3)

The shared weekly amount is the specified percentage of the excess amount of the transferor's state pension under section 4 of the Pensions Act 2014 as at the transfer day.

(4)

For the purposes of calculating the shared weekly amount—

(a)

a transferor who is under pensionable age on the transfer day is to be treated as having reached pensionable age and to have become entitled to the state pension under section 4 of the Pensions Act 2014 on the transfer day;

(b)

a transferor who has reached pensionable age on the transfer day but who has not yet become entitled to the state pension under section 4 of the Pensions Act 2014 is to be treated as having become entitled to the pension on that day.

(5)

In this section—

  • “the excess amount” has the meaning given by section 47(4);

  • “relevant order or provision” means the order or provision by virtue of which this section applies (see section 48);

  • “the relevant state pension legislation”—

    1. (a)

      in relation to a transferee in the old state pension system, means Part 2 of the Contributions and Benefits Act, and

    2. (b)

      in relation to a transferee in the new state pension system, means Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;

  • “specified percentage” means the percentage specified in the relevant order or provision for the purposes of subsection (3);

  • “transfer day” means the day on which the relevant order or provision takes effect;

  • “transferor” means the person to whose rights the relevant order or provision relates;

  • “transferee” means the person for whose benefit the relevant order or provision is made.”

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 11 para. 13 in force at 6.4.2016, see s. 56(1)(4)