Paragraph 1 I1
Northern Ireland Not yet in force
A declaration shall specify—
the part of the retirement pension allocated; and
which alternative benefit it is to provide.
The part allocated, which shall be expressed as a whole number of pounds, shall not exceed the lower of—
one-third of the annual rate of the retirement pension, disregarding any National Insurance modification under Part I of Schedule 9; and
the amount that would result in the reduction of that rate to less than the rate of, as the case may be, the annuity mentioned in regulation E11(2)(a) or the subsequent annuity mentioned in regulation E11(2)(b),
and shall not be such as to affect any equivalent pension benefits.
The part allocated shall not be such as to cause the retirement pension payable to be less than the guaranteed minimum in relation to employment before 6th April 1997.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 10 para. 1 in operation at 2.11.1998, see reg. A1