UK Statutory Instrument SI 2014/1964 United Kingdom

The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014

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s.137 Employers’ contributions Regulated
  • Pay employer contributions and charges to the pension schemeEmployer
s.180 Information to be provided by employers Regulated
  • Provide member and Fair Deal scheme information to the scheme managerEmployer
s.181 Protections for the scheme in relation to employers of Fair Deal eligible persons Regulated
  • Pay additional pension costs, contributions, or compensation when requiredEmployer
187 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Active Membership
s.002 Connected Schemes
s.002 Partnership Pension Account
s.003 Establishment and scope
s.004 Scheme manager
s.005 Delegation
s.006 Civil Service Pension Board: establishment
s.007 Civil Service Pension Board: membership
s.008 Civil Service Pension Board: conflicts of interest
s.009 Payment of fees and expenses
s.010 Scheme advisory board: establishment
s.011 Scheme advisory board: membership
s.012 Scheme advisory board: conflicts of interest
s.013 Scheme employment
s.014 Eligible persons
s.015 Service in 2 or more scheme employments
s.016 Fair Deal eligible persons
s.017 Application of Chapter
s.018 Interpretation of Chapter
s.019 Automatic enrolment
s.020 Opting into this scheme
s.021 When does an option in take effect
s.022 Automatic re-enrolment
s.023 Opting out of this scheme
s.024 Opting out before the end of one month
s.025 Opting out after one month
s.026 Pensionable earnings
s.027 Meaning of “assumed pay”
s.028 Meaning of “deferred member”
s.029 Descriptions of accrued pension
s.030 Descriptions of full retirement pension
s.031 Descriptions of partial retirement pension
s.032 Calculation of “retirement index adjustment”
s.032 Modification of the retirement index adjustment
s.033 Determination of “the age addition”
s.034 Determination of “the assumed age addition”
s.035 Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purpose of deferment or full retirement
s.036 Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purpose of partial retirement
s.037 Establishment of pension accounts: general
s.038 Closure and adjustment of pension accounts on transfer out
s.039 Application of Chapter
s.040 Establishment of active member’s account
s.041 Receipt of a transfer value payment
s.042 Receipt of a club transfer value payment
s.043 Amount of pension for a scheme year
s.044 Opening balance, index adjustment and age addition
s.045 Closure of active member’s account
s.046 Application of Chapter
s.047 Establishment of deferred member’s account
s.048 Provisional amount of deferred pension
s.049 Adjustment of provisional amount
s.050 Closure of deferred member’s account after gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years
s.051 Establishment of full retirement account
s.052 Amount of full retirement pension
s.053 Closure of full retirement account
s.054 Establishment of partial retirement account
s.055 Amount of partial retirement pension
s.056 Establishment of pension credit member’s account
s.057 Other pension accounts
s.058 Application of Part
s.059 Qualifying service
s.060 Entitlement to full retirement pension
s.061 Annual rate of full retirement pension (active members)
s.062 Annual rate of full retirement pension (deferred members)
s.063 Full retirement pension ceases to be payable
s.064 Exercise of partial retirement option
s.065 Partial retirement option notice
s.066 Option proportion
s.067 Entitlement to partial retirement pension or full retirement pension
s.068 Annual rate of partial retirement pension
s.069 Annual rate of full retirement pension
s.070 Meaning of “permanent breakdown in health”
s.071 Meaning of “incapacity for employment” and “total incapacity for employment”
s.072 Meaning of “lower tier payment threshold”
s.073 Meaning of “upper tier payment threshold”
s.073 Payment thresholds: further interpretation
s.074 Entitlement to ill-health pension
s.075 Provisional award of ill-health pension
s.076 Annual rate of ill-health pension
s.077 Periodical review of entitlement to upper tier top up earned pension
s.078 Deferment of accrued earned pension attributable to a transfer payment
s.079 Deferment of added pension attributable to recent payments
s.080 Options under this Chapter
s.081 Exercising an option under this Chapter
s.082 Option to buy out early payment reduction
s.082 Option to partially buy out early payment reduction
s.083 Option to defer payment of added pension
s.084 Option to commute part of pension
s.085 Option to commute whole of member’s accrued pensions (serious ill-health)
s.086 Allocation election
s.087 Restriction on total amount of pension that may be allocated
s.088 Making an allocation election
s.089 Effect of allocation election
s.090 Adjustment of allocated benefit (members who have reached the age of 75)
s.091 Entitlement to pension credit member’s pension
s.092 Claim for early payment
s.093 Annual rate of pension credit member’s pension
s.094 Option to buy out early payment reduction
s.095 Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
s.096 Pension credit member’s rights
s.097 Option for pension credit member to commute part of pension
s.098 Option for pension credit member to commute whole pension (serious ill-health)
s.099 Application of Part to pension adjustment orders
s.100 Surviving adults
s.101 Meaning of “surviving partner”
s.102 Meaning of “surviving adult’s pension”
s.103 Meaning of “dependant’s earned pension”
s.104 Meaning of “dependant’s lower tier earned pension”
s.105 Meaning of “dependant’s upper tier top up earned pension”
s.106 Meaning of “dependant’s added pension”
s.107 Entitlement to surviving adult’s pension
s.108 Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of pensioner member
s.109 Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of deferred member
s.110 Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of active member (death in service)
s.111 Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity
s.112 Meaning of “eligible child’s pension”
s.113 Meaning of “eligible child”
s.114 Eligible child’s pension
s.115 Annual rate of eligible child’s pension
s.116 Payment of pensions under this Part
s.117 Suspension and recovery of pensions paid under this Part
s.118 Provisional awards of eligible child’s pensions: later adjustments
s.119 Adjustment of benefits to comply with FA 2004 where members die over 75
s.120 Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners
s.121 Payment of lump sum death benefit
s.122 Nominations for lump sum death benefits
s.123 Invalid nominations of individuals
s.124 Payment of lump sum death benefit to nominees or personal representatives
s.125 Pension protection lump sum death benefit
s.126 Recovery of payments
s.127 Payment of pension instead of lump sum for members who have reached 75
s.128 Meaning of “final pay”
s.129 Meaning of “annualised final pay”
s.130 Amount payable on death of active member (death in service)
s.131 Amount payable on death of deferred member or pensioner member (death out of service)
s.132 Amount payable on death of pension credit member
s.133 Amount payable under court order to former spouse or civil partner
s.134 Rate of member contributions
s.135 Amount of pensionable earnings
s.136 Payment of member contributions
s.138 Deduction of payments for extra pension under Schedule 1
s.139 Refund of all member contributions and payments for extra pension made by the member
s.140 Application of Part
s.141 Interpretation in relation to Part
s.142 Transfer payments made to other schemes or pension arrangements
s.143 Application for a statement of entitlement
s.144 Statement of entitlement
s.145 Request for transfer payment to be made
s.146 Calculating the amount of a transfer value or club transfer value
s.147 Effect of a transfer out
s.148 Application of Chapter
s.149 Interpretation of Chapter
s.150 Request for acceptance of a transfer payment
s.151 Transfer statement
s.152 Amount of transferred pension
s.153 Club transfer value statement
s.154 Amount of club transfer earned pension
s.155 Bulk transfers out
s.156 Bulk transfers in
s.157 EU and overseas transfers
s.158 Appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations
s.159 Employer cost cap
s.160 Meaning of “dual capacity member”
s.161 Payment of benefits to or in respect of a dual capacity member
s.162 Late payment of retirement index adjustment
s.163 Commutation of small pensions
s.164 Guaranteed minimum pensions
s.165 Forfeiture: offences committed by members
s.166 Forfeiture: offences committed by a member’s beneficiary
s.167 Forfeiture: relevant monetary obligations and relevant monetary losses
s.168 Set-off
s.169 Forfeiture and set-off: procedure and appeals
s.170 Scheme manager to be scheme administrator for purposes of Part 4 of Finance Act 2004
s.171 Payment on behalf of members of lifetime allowance charge
s.172 Reduction of benefits where lifetime allowance charge payable
s.173 Information about payment of annual allowance charge
s.174 Reduction of benefits where annual allowance charge paid by scheme manager
s.175 General prohibition on unauthorised payments
s.176 Calculation of periods of membership and service
s.177 Determination of questions
s.178 Evidence of entitlement
s.179 Provision of benefit information statements to members
s.182 Transitional provisions
s.183 Ill-health benefits for persons who have a partnership pension account
s.184 Death benefits in respect of persons who have a partnership pension account
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 Amount of periodical payments Regulated
  • Employer must deduct and pay pension contributions for enhanced pension ageEmployer
113 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 Member’s option to make periodical payments for added pension
s.sch001 Cancellation of option by member
s.sch001 Periodical payments
s.sch001 Amount of added (self only) pension for a scheme year (periodical payments)
s.sch001 Amount of added (all beneficiaries) pension for a scheme year (periodical payments)
s.sch001 Application of Chapter
s.sch001 Member’s option to make a lump sum payment for added pension
s.sch001 Payment by lump sum from a compensation scheme
s.sch001 Statement of amount of added pension
s.sch001 Amount of added (self only) pension (lump sum payment)
s.sch001 Meaning of “amount of extra pension”
s.sch001 Amount of added (all beneficiaries) pension (lump sum payment)
s.sch001 Application of Chapter
s.sch001 Employer or third party option to make a lump sum payment for added pension
s.sch001 Amount of added (self only) pension (lump sum payment)
s.sch001 Amount of added (all beneficiaries) pension (lump sum payment)
s.sch001 Effective pension age option exercisable by the member
s.sch001 Exercising the effective pension age option
s.sch001 Payment of pension at effective pension age
s.sch001 Member ceases to be in pensionable service under this scheme
s.sch001 Cancellation of option
s.sch001 Meaning of “overall limit of extra pension”
s.sch001 Value of an effective pension age option
s.sch001 Amount of periodical payments
s.sch001 Periodical payment period
s.sch001 Periodical payments during period of assumed pay
s.sch001 Eligibility
s.sch001 Opting for enhanced effective pension age of 60
s.sch001 Opting for enhanced effective pension age of 65
s.sch001 Exercise of option
s.sch001 Payment of pension at enhanced effective pension age
s.sch001 Member ceases to be in pensionable service in an eligible employment
s.sch001 Limit on elections
s.sch001 Cancellation of option
s.sch001 Determining the value of an enhanced effective pension age option
s.sch001 Periodical payment period
s.sch001 Making periodical payments during period of assumed pay
s.sch001 Amount of accrued added pension may not exceed overall limit of extra pension
s.sch001 Actuarial advice
s.sch001 Added pension option exercisable by member
s.sch001 Added pension option exercisable by employer or third party
s.sch001 Application of Chapter
s.sch002 Interpretation - general
s.sch002 Exception for full protection members during protection period
s.sch002 Full protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch002 Members of the PCSPS on scheme closing date
s.sch002 Pre-fresh start prison officers
s.sch002 Members of an existing scheme
s.sch002 Members of an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Fair Deal eligible persons transferred out on or before 31st March 2012
s.sch002 Fair Deal eligible persons transferred out after 31st March 2012
s.sch002 Interpretation of Part
s.sch002 Tapered protection members of the PCSPS
s.sch002 Meaning of “continuity of service”
s.sch002 Exception for tapered protection members during protection period
s.sch002 Tapered protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch002 Members of the PCSPS on scheme closing date
s.sch002 Members of an existing scheme
s.sch002 Members of an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Fair Deal eligible persons transferred out on or before 31st March 2012
s.sch002 Fair Deal eligible persons transferred out after 31st March 2012
s.sch002 Tapered protection members of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Option to begin pensionable service before the transition date
s.sch002 Transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the PCSPS
s.sch002 (1) Where this paragraph applies, the annual rate of upper...
s.sch002 Transition member who made an application for ill-health pension under the PCSPS on or before 31st March 2022 which is determined after that date
s.sch002 Meaning of “tapered protection closing date”
s.sch002 Transition member who has reached normal pension age under the PCSPS
s.sch002 Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service
s.sch002 Annual rate of eligible child’s pension payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service
s.sch002 Death in service lump sum
s.sch002 Death out of service lump sum
s.sch002 Pensionable service under the PCSPS
s.sch002 Ill-health retirement certificate not given
s.sch002 Deferred membership of the PCSPS
s.sch002 Repayment of contributions under the PCSPS
s.sch002 Qualifying for retirement benefits under the PCSPS
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of the PCSPS”
s.sch002 Final salary link not to apply again to a pension in payment
s.sch002 Declaration continues to have effect
s.sch002 Nomination under the PCSPS continues to have effect
s.sch002 Meaning of “final salary benefit”
s.sch002 Acceptance of club transfer value payments and bulk transfers
s.sch002 Member of this scheme or the PCSPS
s.sch002 Quarantine
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of an existing scheme”
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of an existing public body pension scheme”
s.sch002 Commencement of active membership of this scheme
s.sch002 Interpretation of Part
s.sch002 Full protection members of the PCSPS
s.sch003 Interpretation - general
s.sch003 Application of Schedule following transfer of employment
s.sch003 Entitlement to ill-health benefits
s.sch003 Calculation of ill-health benefits
s.sch003 False statements about ill-health
s.sch003 Meaning of “eligible service”
s.sch003 Meaning of “final pensionable earnings”
s.sch003 Meaning of “incapacity for employment”
s.sch003 Meaning of “permanent breakdown in health”
s.sch003 Meaning of “qualifying partnership service”
s.sch003 Calculation of periods of service
s.sch003 Persons to whom this Schedule applies
s.sch003 Exclusions from Schedule application
s.sch004 Interpretation
s.sch004 Meaning of “final pensionable earnings”
s.sch004 Persons to whom this Schedule applies
s.sch004 Exclusions from Schedule application
s.sch004 Payment of lump sum death benefits
s.sch004 Nominations for lump sum death benefits
s.sch004 Invalid nominations of individuals
s.sch004 Payment of lump sum death benefit to nominees or personal representatives
s.sch004 Amount of lump sum death benefits

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