Legislation – The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

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Introduction

Part 1
Introductory provisions

1 Citation, commencement and extent

2 Interpretation

3 Delegation

Part 2
Remediable service statements

4 Requirements relating to remediable service statements

Part 3
Decisions about the treatment of remediable service as a firefighter

Chapter 1 Opted-out service elections

5 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

6 Election in relation to opted-out service

Chapter 2 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

7 Application and interpretation of Chapter 2

8 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

9 Immediate choice decision: additional requirements

10 Immediate choice decision: deemed section 6 election

Chapter 3 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

11 Application and interpretation of Chapter 3

12 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

13 Deferred choice decision to be made by M

14 Deferred choice decision to be made by a person other than M

15 Deferred choice decision: additional requirements

16 Deferred choice decision: deemed section 10 election

Part 4
Provision about divorce and dissolution arrangements

Chapter 1 Pension credit and pension debit members

Section 1 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

17 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

Section 2 Pension sharing orders: information provided before 1st October 2023

18 Application and interpretation of Section 2

19 Meaning of “alternative amount”

20 Information provided before 1st October 2023: calculating a remediable credit adjustment

21 Information provided before 1st October 2023: applying a remediable credit adjustment

22 Information provided before 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

Section 3 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023

23 Application and interpretation of Section 3

24 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: calculation of pension credits and debits

25 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

Chapter 2 Arrangements on divorce, annulment or dissolution other than a pension sharing order

26 Arrangements other than a pension sharing order: calculating the value of pension benefits

Part 5
Voluntary contributions

27 Treatment of reformed scheme added pension payments

28 Treatment of legacy scheme added years payments

29 Remedial arrangements to pay voluntary contributions to secure legacy scheme added years

30 Disapplication of restriction on lump sum payments for reformed scheme added pension

Part 6
Transfers

Chapter 1 General

31 Interpretation of Part 6

32 Transferred out remediable service statements

Chapter 2 Transfers on a cash equivalent basis

Section 1 Transfers before 1st October 2023

33 Transfers out before 1st October 2023

34 Transfers in before 1st October 2023

Section 2 Transfers on or after 1st October 2023

35 Application of Section 2

36 Transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

37 Transfers in from a public service pension scheme on or after 1st October 2023

Chapter 3 Transfers on a club basis

Section 1 Club transfers before 1st October 2023

38 Club transfers out before 1st October 2023

39 Club transfers in before 1st October 2023

Section 2 Club transfers on or after 1st October 2023

40 Application of Section 2

41 Club transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

42 Club transfers in on or after 1st October 2023

Section 3 Variation of the club transfer application period

43 Variation of the club transfer application period

Chapter 4 Treatment of rights secured by virtue of a remediable value

44 Application and interpretation of Chapter 4

45 Remediable value treated as being in the legacy scheme

46 Treatment of rights to benefits secured by virtue of a remediable value

47 Benefits already paid in relation to transferred in remediable rights

48 Pension benefits and lump sum benefits in relation to a remediable value

Part 7
Provision about special cases

Chapter 1 Ill-health retirement

49 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

50 M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits to be treated as equivalent in M’s alternative scheme

51 Entitlement to ill-health benefits where a remedy member’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme

52 Assessment and reassessment of certain transitional ill-health cases

53 Determining the value of M’s remediable ill-health benefits

Chapter 2 Miscellaneous special cases

54 Protection of the amount of pension payable to an eligible child

55 Payment of annual allowance tax charges and provision of information

Part 8
Immediate detriment cases

56 Treatment of immediate detriment cases

Part 9
Liabilities and payment

Chapter 1 Application of Part 9

57 Application of Chapters 1, 2 and 3

Chapter 2 Interest, compensation and netting off

58 Interest

59 Indirect compensation

60 Applications for compensation or indirect compensation

61 Netting off

Chapter 3 Reduction and waiver of liabilities

62 Requirement to reduce liabilities by tax relief amounts

63 Power to reduce or waive amounts owed by a person to the scheme manager

64 Agreement to waive a liability owed by the scheme manager in respect of an immediate correction

Chapter 4 Payment of net liabilities

65 Application of Chapter 4

66 Payment of amounts owed to the scheme manager

67 Payment of amounts owed to a person

SCHEDULES

Schedule Eligible decision-makers for deceased members

Signature

Explanatory note

Part 6Transfers

Chapter 3Transfers on a club basis

Section 1Club transfers before 1st October 2023

Club transfers in before 1st October 202339.

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to each remediable club transfer value in respect of a member (“M”) which was accepted by the scheme manager before 1st October 2023.

(2)

The scheme manager may accept an adjustment in the value of a remediable club transfer value—

(a)

in respect of the remediable rights to which the remediable club transfer value relates, and

(b)

which is made by the sending scheme pursuant to, or to provision made under, PSPJOA 2022.

(3)

An adjustment accepted under paragraph (2) is to be used for the purpose of determining M’s benefits under a firefighters’ pension scheme on the same terms as the remediable club transfer value.

(4)

The scheme manager must determine—

(a)

M’s overall rights in relation to the remediable transfer value in the legacy scheme;

(b)

M’s benefits if the remediable club transfer value, together with any adjustment accepted under paragraph (2), were applied in respect of rights in the reformed scheme.