Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 922
Income Tax
The Registered Pension Schemes (Standard Lifetime and Annual Allowances) Order 2010
Made
24th March 2010
Laid before the House of Commons
24th March 2010
Coming into force
15th April 2010
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 218(3) and 228(2) of the Finance Act 2004( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Pension Schemes (Standard Lifetime and Annual Allowances) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 15th April 2010.
Standard lifetime allowance
2. The standard lifetime allowance for the tax years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 is £1,800,000.
Annual allowance
3. The annual allowance for the tax years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 is £255,000.
Tony Cunningham
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
24th March 2010