Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1111
Income Tax
The Registered Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates, Accounting and Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
8th May 2013
Laid before the House of Commons
9th May 2013
Coming into force
31st May 2013
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registered Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates, Accounting and Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31st May 2013 but the amendments made by regulation 3 have effect from 6th April 2013.
Amendments to the Registered Pension Schemes (Accounting and Assessment) Regulations 2005
2. —(1)The Registered Pension Schemes (Accounting and Assessment) Regulations 2005( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1) (the particulars required to be included in returns under section 254) in Table 1, in the second column (specified particulars), in the third row (in the particulars specified in respect of the annual allowance charge) after the third entry, insert—
“ 4. The tax year to which the annual allowance charge relates. ”
Amendments to the Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates) Regulations 2006
3. —(1)The Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates) Regulations 2006( 4 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (reduction of pension – prescribed circumstances)( 5 ) after “regulations 4” insert “, 4A”.
(3) In regulation 4 (reduction of pension under certain provisions) after paragraph (c) insert—
“ ;
(d) section 237E(1) ( 6 ) of the Finance Act 2004 (consequential benefit adjustments to be reasonable etc ) ” .
(4) After regulation 4 insert—
“ Reduction of pension – voluntary satisfaction of liability
4A. The circumstances are that the pension is reduced by reason of the satisfaction by the scheme administrator on a voluntary basis of all or part of a liability of a member arising under section 227(1) ( 7 ) of the Finance Act 2004 (annual allowance charge). ”
Ruth Owen
Jim Harra
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
8th May 2013
2004 c. 12 . Section 254 was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 2011 (c. 11) . Paragraph 2(4)(h) and (8) of Schedule 28 were inserted by paragraph 11(6) and (9) of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2005 (c. 7) .
The functions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) . Section 50(1) of that Act provides that, in so far as is appropriate in consequence of section 5, a reference in an enactment to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (however expressed) shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
S.I. 2005/3454 . Regulation 3 was amended by regulation 2 of S.I. 2011/302 and regulation 9 of S.I. 2011/1751 .
Regulations 3, 4 and 5 were substituted with effect from 6th April 2006 for the previous regulation 3 by regulation 2 of S.I. 2009/1311 .
Section 237E(1) was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 2011.
Section 227 was amended (so far as relevant) by paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 2011.