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Trustee3
Plus 7 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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What it requires
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6 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
Schedules
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Where an unauthorised charge would (but for this rule) arise...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Reduce or withhold pension payments to avoid unauthorised chargeCrown / Minister / Government department
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(1) The Fund trustees must keep proper accounts (and must,...
Regulated
- Fund trustees must keep proper accounts and arrange annual auditTrustee
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(1) The “scheme actuary” is the person appointed by the...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fund trustees must obtain actuarial reports every 3 years and lay them before ParliamentStatutory regulator
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(1) This rule applies— (a) where a Fund trustee who...
Regulated
- Fund trustee must notify change of pension status to Presiding Officer and other trusteesTrustee
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The Fund trustees must monitor the performance of any fund...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fund trustees must monitor fund manager performanceTribunal / Court
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(1) The following payments are to be made from the...
Regulated
- Fund trustees must pay all received sums into the Pension FundTrustee
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(1) A scheme pension is payable from the day on...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fund trustees must notify pension holders and begin payments on requestStatutory regulator
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(1) An individual who gives a valid commutation notice is...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fund trustees must pay retirement lump sum and reduce pension accordinglyStatutory regulator
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(1) The reckonable service of any participating member in respect...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fund trustees must determine increased reckonable service for transfer-in paymentsCrown / Minister / Government department
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(1) The Fund trustees must reject an application to buy...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Reject added-years applications that exceed caps or trigger tax chargesStatutory regulator
129 other schedules
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This schedule sets out the rules of the Scottish Parliamentary...
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(1) A Fund trustee may resign by giving notice of...
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Nothing in the scheme authorises any payment from the Pension...
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Section 50 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) requires...
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(1) Any individual who is entitled to a guaranteed minimum...
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Despite paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 91(5) of the...
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(1) This rule applies where a deceased's scheme entitlement is...
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(1) A “formal communication” means any— (a) notice,
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(1) In the scheme— “deferred pensioner” means an individual (other...
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(1) A Fund trustee is removed from office only if—...
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The words and expressions listed in the left column of...
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Nothing in the scheme overrides section 241 of the Pensions...
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The Fund trustees may regulate their own procedure (in so...
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A meeting of the Fund trustees is quorate if—
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The Fund trustees may— (a) employ staff on such terms...
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The Fund trustees may obtain insurance designed to indemnify them...
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(1) The Fund trustees may authorise any person (including one...
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“The Pension Fund” means the Scottish Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund....
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(1) A decision, authorisation or other act of the Fund...
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Every serving MSP aged under 75 is to participate in...
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(1) Every individual aged under 75 holding a pensionable office...
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(1) An MSP may opt out of participating in the...
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(1) The holder of a pensionable office may opt out...
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An individual who has opted out of participating in the...
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(1) An individual who has opted out of participating in...
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The person responsible for paying a participating member's salary must—...
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Higher rate scheme member contributions are be deducted under rule...
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(1) A participating member may, by giving notice to the...
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(1) An MSP member is to stop making scheme member...
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The person responsible for paying the salary of a participating...
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(1) The SPCB must pay a sum into the Pension...
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(1) A period for which an MSP member makes scheme...
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(1) A period for which an office-holder member makes scheme...
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An individual's “total reckonable service” is the total of any...
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A period of reckonable service is measured in years and...
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(1) A pension (a “scheme pension”) is to be paid...
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(1) The annual MSP pension payable to an individual is...
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(1) The annual office-holder pension payable to an individual is...
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The “Fund trustees” are the individuals appointed under and holding...
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(1) Where a scheme pensioner becomes an MSP or the...
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(1) An individual may commute a portion of the individual's...
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(1) This rule applies to an individual who—
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(1) The Fund trustees may pay a lump sum (a...
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(1) An individual is eligible to take early retirement if...
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An individual is entitled to a serious ill-health pension if...
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An individual is entitled to an ordinary ill-health pension if...
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A deferred pensioner is entitled to a deferred pensioner's ill-health...
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The Fund trustees' principal function is to administer the Pension...
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(1) Part F (Pensions) applies with the following modifications to...
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Rule 37 applies to an individual who is entitled to...
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Rule 37 applies to an individual who is entitled to...
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(1) The Fund trustees may review an individual's entitlement to...
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(1) The Fund trustees may require— (a) an applicant for...
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(1) An individual is entitled to be paid a lump...
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(1) References in this Part to a deceased individual's “scheme...
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(1) “Partner”, in relation to any deceased individual, means—
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(1) A pension (a “partner's pension”) is to be paid...
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(1) This rule applies where amount A is less than...
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There are to be at least 3 but no more...
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(1) A partner's pension is payable from the day after...
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(1) The Fund trustees may pay a lump sum (a...
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(1) A pension (a “children's pension”) is to be paid...
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(1) A “child”, in relation to a deceased individual, includes—...
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(1) A children's pension is payable— (a) from the start...
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(1) The Fund trustees may pay a lump sum (a...
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(1) A participating member may nominate any person as his...
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(1) A lump sum (a “deferred pensioner lump sum”) is...
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A scheme pensioner's “initial pension period” is the period of...
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(1) Where a scheme pensioner dies during his or her...
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A person who is prevented by the Pensions Act 1995...
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(1) A lump sum (a “guaranteed lump sum”) is to...
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(1) Where a scheme pensioner— (a) dies before the end...
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(1) A sum (a “short service refund”) is to be...
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Payment of a short service refund extinguishes the rights of...
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(1) An individual's “transferable sum” is the amount of cash...
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An individual's transferable sum must be transferred from the Pension...
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(1) A transferable sum of less than amount A is...
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Where section 96(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c....
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(1) Where rule 75 requires a transfer to be made,...
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The Fund trustees may extend any time limit set out...
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(1) The Scottish Parliament may resolve to appoint as a...
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A transfer under rule 75 extinguishes the rights of all...
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A sum (a “transfer-in sum”) may be paid from another...
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(1) A transfer-in sum is not to be paid if...
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(1) A participating member may increase his or her reckonable...
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(1) The Fund trustees may accept a participating member's application...
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(1) This rule applies— (a) where an MSP member buying...
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(1) This rule applies— (a) where an MSP member buying...
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(1) This rule applies where— (a) an MSP member's application...
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(1) The Fund trustees may accept a participating member's application...
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(1) A Fund trustee may be remunerated, or receive allowances,...
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The Fund trustees may accept more than one application by...
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(1) A “pension credit member” is an individual on whom...
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(1) A “pension debit member” is an individual whose scheme...
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(1) This rule applies where an individual entitled to a...
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A “dual mandate MSP” is a serving MSP whose salary...
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The following adjustments are to be made when doing the...
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In this Part— “the 2004 Act” means the Finance Act...
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(1) The scheme administrator may pay a lifetime allowance charge...
s.sch001
(1) If rule 97(2) prevents the scheme administrator from paying...
s.sch001
Any tax due under section 205 of the 2004 Act...
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(1) The SPCB must pay a grant (an “MSP resettlement...
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(1) The SPCB must pay a grant (an “MSP ill-health...
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(1) The amount of an MSP resettlement grant or MSP...
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(1) The SPCB must pay a grant (an “office-holder resettlement...
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The following terms have the same meaning in this schedule...
s.sch003
(1) In this schedule— “new rules day” means the first...
s.sch003
Despite article A3 of the 1999 pensions order, the 1999...
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Despite the preceding paragraph, the new scheme rules are to...
s.sch003
(1) An individual falls within this paragraph if the individual—...
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(1) An individual falls within this paragraph if the individual—...
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(1) The Fund trustees may, instead of continuing to pay...
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(1) This paragraph applies where a deferred pensioner lump sum...
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(1) Condition 3 of new scheme rule 72(1) does not...
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(1) When applying rule 76 in relation to an individual...
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(1) This paragraph applies where an individual—
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(1) Despite article A3 of the 1999 pensions order, the...
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Despite article A3 of the 1999 pensions order—
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The reference in new scheme rule 105(1) to a “transfer-in...
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(1) Despite article A3 of the 1999 pensions order, Part...
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Despite article A3 of the 1999 pensions order, the 1999...
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The modifications set out in regulations made under paragraph 3...
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An individual is not entitled to participate in the scheme...
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(1) An “existing participating member” is an individual who—
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The determination under article D3(2) of the 1999 scheme rules...
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(1) This paragraph applies to an individual who—
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(1) This paragraph applies to an individual who—
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The total reckonable service of an individual who participated in...
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(1) This paragraph applies to an individual who—
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