# The Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Payments) Regulations 2001, Regulation 8: Prohibition of acceptance of certain transfer payments from certain schemes mentioned in Chapter I unless the administrator has obtained a certificate as to the value of the proposed transfer payment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A personal pension scheme shall not accept a transfer payment from—
(a) an approved retirement benefits scheme (other than an annuity contract securing relevant benefits as described in section 591(2)(g) of the Taxes Act where that contract is made before 6th April 2001), or
(b) a relevant statutory scheme,
(“the paying scheme”) in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) unless the administrator of the personal pension scheme has obtained the certificate referred to in paragraph (3) from the administrator of the paying scheme.
(2) The circumstances described in this paragraph are circumstances where, in relation to any employment to which the proposed transfer payment, or any part of it, relates—
(a) the individual is, or has been at any time during the period of ten years prior to the date of the proposed transfer payment (“the proposed transfer date”), a controlling director, or
(b) (i) the individual’s annual remuneration is, or was, for any year of assessment falling (wholly or partly) during the period of six years prior to the proposed transfer date, more than the allowable maximum (within the meaning of section 640A(2) of the Taxes Act) for the year of assessment in which the proposed transfer date falls, and
(ii) the individual’s age at the proposed transfer date will be not less than 45 years.
(3) The certificate referred to in this paragraph is a certificate, signed by the administrator of the paying scheme, which shows that the proposed transfer payment does not exceed the maximum amount which may be transferred from an approved retirement benefits scheme or relevant statutory scheme to a personal pension scheme calculated in accordance with Appendix XI of “Occupational Pension Schemes Practice Notes (IR 12)” published by the Board on 22nd January 2001.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/119/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-pension-schemes-transfer-payments-regulations-2001/regulation-8
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