Regulation 5 Circumstances in which an agreement is to be entered into, in order to be considered a “qualifying agreement" under section 48(1)(f) of the 1999 Act.

A qualifying agreement is, for the purposes of section 48(1)(f) of the 1999 Act, one which the transferor and transferee have entered into in order to determine the financial settlement on divorceF1or dissolution of a civil partnership and in respect of which they have received confirmation from the Secretary of State that shareable state scheme rights are held in the name of the transferor.