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2006 No. 572

INCOME TAX

The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

  Made 9th March 2006 
  Laid before the House of Commons 10th March 2006 
  Coming into force 6th April 2006 


ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

1. Citation and commencement
2. Payments made from annuities
3. Commencement provisions for unsecured pension funds
4. Modification of section 165
5. Modification of Schedule 28
6. Transitional protection for continued life cover (75+)
7. Modification of section 636A ITEPA 2003
8. Modification of section 168 and Schedule 29
9. Valuation of "primary protection" – compensation for poorly performing investments
10. Modification of section 212
11. Modification of paragraph 8 of Schedule 36
12. "Primary protection" and non residents
13. Modification of section 222
14. Modification of section 223
15. Employers or employees with pre-commencement entitlement to corresponding relief
16. Modification of section 245
17. Application of 308A ITEPA 2003
18. "Enhanced protection" and pension commencement lump sums
19. Pre-commencement pension and calculation of the "permitted maximum" pension commencement lump sum
20. Pre-commencement lump sum death benefits
21. Transfers and entitlement to lump sums exceeding 25% of uncrystallised rights
22. Modification of paragraph 31 of Schedule 36
23. Modification of paragraph 34 of Schedule 36
24. Dependant's scheme pension limit
25. Lump sums with no connected pension
26. Application of paragraph 31 of Schedule 36
27. Contracts approved under section 621(1)(b) of ICTA
28. Pre-existing entitlement to lump sums and deferment
29. Member's unsecured pension funds
30. Dependant's unsecured pension funds
31. Individuals over the age of 75 and alternatively secured pension funds
32. Dependant's alternatively secured pension funds
33. Serious ill-health lump sums, pension protection lump sum death benefits and annuity protection lump sum death benefits
34. Payments to dependants over the age of 23
35. Enhanced protection and transfers made in connection with the winding up of a pension scheme
36. Transfer of crystallised rights with enhanced protection
37. Modification of section 636B ITEPA 2003
38. Lump sum payments — general
39. Lump sums — serious ill-health
40. Lump sum death benefits— death of member
41. Lump sum death benefits — death of a dependant

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 283(2) of the Finance Act 2004[
1].

Citation and commencement
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

    (2) In this Order—

Payments made from annuities
     2. —(1) In its application to any pension scheme which by virtue of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 36 (pension schemes: transitional provisions and savings)—

section 161 (meaning of "payment" etc) is modified as follows.

    (2) In subsection (3) after the words "of a registered pension scheme" add—

    (3) After subsection (3) add—

    (4) In its application to any pension scheme which falls within sub-paragraph (1)(b) section 161(4) is modified as follows.

    (5) For the words "held for the purpose of the pension scheme" substitute "held for the purposes of a registered pension scheme".

Commencement provisions for unsecured pension funds
     3. Part 4 of the 2004 Act shall be modified as set out in articles 4 and 5 in its application to any pension which—

Modification of section 165
    
4. —(1) Section 165(1) (pension rules) shall be modified as follows.

    (2) In pension rule 5 after "basis amount for the unsecured pension year" add "or 100% of that amount during the first reference period as defined in paragraph 10(1A) of Schedule 28.".

    (3) Section 167(1) (pension death benefit rules) shall be modified as follows.

    (4) In pension death benefit rule 4 after "basis amount for the unsecured pension year" add "or 100% of that amount during the first reference period as defined in paragraph 24(1A) of Schedule 28.".

Modification of Schedule 28
    
5. —(1) Schedule 28 (registered pension schemes: authorised pensions—supplementary) shall be modified as follows.

    (2) In paragraph 10—

    (3) In paragraph 24—

Transitional protection for continued life cover (75+)
     6. The modifications in articles 7 and 8 apply in the case of a member of a registered pension scheme who satisfies the following conditions.

Condition A
The registered pension scheme was, immediately before 6th April 2006, a retirement benefits scheme approved for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 14 of ICTA (retirement benefits schemes).

Condition B
The member had a right under the pension scheme to a life cover lump sum on 5th April 2006.

Condition C
The rules of the pension scheme on 10th December 2003 included provision conferring such a right on some or all of the persons who were then members of the pension scheme, and such a right was either then conferred on the member or would have been had the member been a member of the scheme on that date.

Condition D
The rules of the scheme in relation to life cover lump sums have not been changed since 10th December 2003.

Condition E
The member was—

Modification of section 636A ITEPA 2003
    
7. —(1) ITEPA 2003[5] is modified as follows.

    (2) In section 636A(1) (exemption for certain lump sums under registered pension schemes)[6]—

    (3) In section 636A(7) after "unsecured pension fund lump sum death benefit" insert "life cover lump sum".

Modification of section 168 and Schedule 29
     8. —(1) The 2004 Act is modified as follows.

    (2) In section 168(1) (lump sum death benefit rule) after paragraph (i) insert—

    (3) In Part 2 of Schedule 29 (registered pension schemes: supplementary provisions about lump sums) after paragraph 21 insert—

Valuation of "primary protection" – compensation for poorly performing investments
    
9. Part 4 of 2004 Act shall be modified as set out in articles 10 and 11 in its application to any individual who has given notice of intention to rely on paragraph 7 Schedule 36 where the following conditions are met—

Condition A
The pension scheme in respect of which the individual has given notice is either—

Condition B
An amount is paid into the pension scheme, or is determined as being so payable, between 6th April 2006 and 5th April 2009, in respect of compensation for the poor performance of an investment owned by that scheme.

Condition C
The investment in respect of which the compensation is payable was owned by the pension scheme at any time before 6th April 2006 and was offered for sale to the public on the open market.

Condition D
The amount of compensation paid, or determined as being so payable, is an amount which might reasonably have been expected to be paid between two parties in the same position as the payer and the scheme administrator acting at arm's length.

Modification of section 212
    
10. —(1) Section 212 (valuation of uncrystallised rights for the purposes of section 210) is modified, for the purposes of calculating the value of RR in paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 36, as follows.

    (2) In subsection (5) (valuation of money purchase arrangements other than cash balance arrangements) after paragraphs (a) and (b) add—

    (3) After subsection (5) add—

    (4) In subsection (7) (valuation of hybrid arrangements) after paragraphs (a) and (b) add—

    (5) After subsection (7) add—

Modification of paragraph 8 of Schedule 36
    
11. —(1) Part 2 of Schedule 36 (pre-commencement rights: lifetime allowance charge) is modified as follows.

    (2) In paragraph 8(5) after the words "(valuation of uncrystallised rights for the purposes of section 210)" add—

"Primary protection" and non residents
    
12. —(1) Part 4 of the 2004 Act shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in articles 13 and 14 below in its application to any individual to whom either paragraph (2) or (3) applies

    (2) This paragraph applies if the following conditions are met—

Condition A
The individual has given the Inland Revenue a notice under section 221(6) of his intention to rely on that section where the active membership period in relation to the arrangement in respect of which the notice was given commenced on 6th April 2006

Condition B
The individual would have been a relevant overseas individual in the tax year 2005-06 pursuant to section 221(3) had that subsection been in force during that year.

Condition C
The individual gives or has already given notice to the Inland Revenue pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 36 that he intends to rely on that paragraph.

    (3) This paragraph applies if the following conditions are met—

Condition A
The individual has given the Inland Revenue a notice under paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 36 of his intention to rely on that paragraph.

Condition B
The individual gives or has already given notice to the Inland Revenue pursuant to section 221(6) that he intends to rely on that section where the active membership period in relation to the arrangement in respect of which the notice was given commenced on 6th April 2006.

Condition C
The individual would have been a relevant overseas individual in the tax year 2005-06 pursuant to section 221(3) had that subsection been in force during that year.

Modification of section 222
    
13. —(1) In subsection 222(4) (non residence: money purchase arrangements) after "OV is" for the words "the opening value of the individual's rights under the arrangement" substitute "calculated in accordance with subsection (4A).".

    (2) After subsection (4) add subsection (4A)—

    (3) For subsection (5)(b) substitute—

Modification of section 223
    
14. —(1) Section 223 (non-residence: other arrangements) is modified as follows.

    (2) In subsection (4) in the definitions of PB and LSB for "at the beginning of that part of that period" substitute "on 5th April 2006 indexed in accordance with subsection (4A).".

    (3) After subsection (4) insert—

Employers or employees with pre-commencement entitlement to corresponding relief
    
15. —(1) This article applies where Revenue and Customs allow contributions made between 1st April 2005 and 5th April 2006 by an employer under a pension scheme for the benefit of an employee (a "qualifying employee") to be deducted in accordance with section 76(6A) and (6C) of the Finance Act 1989[7]—

    (2) Where, at any time on or after 6th April 2006, the employer makes contributions under the pension scheme referred to in paragraph (1) for the benefit of the qualifying employee, Revenue and Customs may allow the contributions to be treated as if they were relevant migrant member contributions under paragraph 2 of Schedule 33 if—

    (3) The conditions are that—

    (4) For the purposes of this article and article 17, “Prescribed benefit crystallisation information requirements“ means requirements imposed by regulation 2 of the Pension Schemes (Information Requirements – Qualifying Overseas Pension Schemes, Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes and Corresponding Relief) Regulations 2006[11] ("the Overseas Information Requirements Regulations").

For the purposes of this article, the provisions of regulation 2 of the Overseas Information Requirements Regulations shall apply to qualifying employees.

    (5) The references in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) to a pension scheme include a pension scheme to which there has been a block transfer on or after 6th April 2006 from a pension scheme to which paragraph (2) applies.

    (6) In this article "block transfer" has the same meaning as in paragraph 22(6) of Schedule 36 but treating the references there to "the member" as references to the qualifying employee.

Modification of section 245
     16. —(1) In a case falling within article 15, section 245 (restriction of deduction for contributions by employer) is modified as follows.

    (2) In subsection (5)—


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