Legislation – The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
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PART 6Transfers
CHAPTER 2Transfers on a cash equivalent basis
SECTION 1Transfers before 1 October 2023
Transfers out before 1 October 2023
33.
(1)
This regulation applies in relation to each member (“M”) in respect of whom the scheme manager paid a remediable transfer value before 1 October 2023.
(2)
The scheme manager, having consulted the scheme actuary, must calculate the transfer value of M’s remediable rights as if they were secured in—
(a)
M’s legacy scheme;
(b)
the reformed scheme.
(3)
The scheme manager must notify the receiving scheme of the results of the calculation mentioned in paragraph (2).
(4)
Where—
(a)
the greater of the amounts calculated under paragraph (2) (“x”) is greater than
(b)
the amount of the remediable transfer value (“y“),
the scheme manager must take reasonable steps to pay the receiving scheme an amount (“the remediable amount”) equal to x – y.
(5)
A payment made under paragraph (4) is subject to the same conditions as the remediable transfer value.
(6)
Where—
(a)
paragraph (4) applies, and
(b)
the scheme manager, having taken reasonable steps, is unable to make the payment required by that paragraph,
the scheme manager owes M or, where M is deceased, M’s personal representatives an amount by way of compensation equal to x – y (“the compensatable amount”) reduced in accordance with paragraph (7).
(7)
Where, if the compensatable amount was paid immediately after the requirement to pay it arose, the payment—
(a)
(b)
would not be a payment so described, the compensatable amount is to be reduced by an amount equal to the income tax that would be charged on the amount at M’s marginal rate under the Income Tax Acts.