Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 1843
Income Tax
The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
at 15.48 p.m. on 21st July 2014
Laid before the House of Commons
22nd July 2014
Coming into force
18th August 2014
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 18th August 2014.
(2) The amendments in regulations 2 to 5 have effect for the tax year 2014-15 and subsequent years.
Amendment of the Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) Regulations 2006
2.The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) Regulations 2006( 4 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “fixed protection 2014”( 5 ) insert—
“ “individual protection 2014” means transitional protection provided for under Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2014 ( 6 ) ; ” .
4. —(1) The table appended to regulation 3(1) (provision of information by scheme administrator to the Commissioners) is amended as follows.
(2) In entry 6 (benefit crystallisation events and enhanced lifetime allowance, enhanced protection, fixed protection or fixed protection 2014)( 7 )—
(a) in the heading, for “or fixed protection 2014” substitute “, fixed protection 2014 or individual protection 2014”,
(b) in the first column omit paragraph (a),
(c) in the first column omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b)(iii) and insert at the end of paragraph (b)(iv)—
“ , or
(v) individual protection 2014. ” , and
(d) in the second column omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b) and insert at the end of paragraph (c)—
“ , or
(d) the Registered Pension Schemes and Relieved Non-UK Pension Schemes (Lifetime Allowance Transitional Protection) (Individual Protection 2014 Notification) Regulations 2014 ( 8 ) (where the member relies on individual protection 2014). ” .
5. Regulation 11 (information provided by member to scheme administrator: enhanced lifetime allowance, enhanced protection, fixed protection or fixed protection 2014)( 9 ) is amended as follows—
(a) in the heading, for “or fixed protection 2014” substitute “, fixed protection 2014 or individual protection 2014”, and
(b) the existing provision becomes paragraph (1) and after that paragraph insert—
“ (2) If the member of a registered pension scheme intends to rely on entitlement to individual protection 2014 by virtue of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2014(“Part 1”), the member must notify the scheme administrator of—
(a) the reference number issued by the Commissioners under the Registered Pension Schemes and Relieved Non-UK Pension Schemes (Lifetime Allowance Transitional Protection) (Individual Protection 2014 Notification) Regulations 2014; and
(b) the member’s relevant amount calculated in accordance with Part 1. ” .
Ruth Owen
Jim Harra
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
At 15.48 p.m. on 21st July 2014
2004 c. 12 ; section 251(4) was amended by paragraph 47 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2005 (c. 7) and section 251(5)(aa) was inserted by section 49 of the Finance Act 2010 (c. 13) .
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 insofar as it is appropriate in consequence of section 5, a reference in an enactment, however expressed, to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue is to be treated as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
Section 282(A1) was inserted by section 75(1) of the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10) .
S.I. 2006/567 , amended by S.I. 2011/301 , 2011/1797 , 2013/1742 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
The definition of “fixed protection 2014” was inserted by S.I. 2013/1742 .
Entry 6 has been amended by S.I. 2011/301 , 2011/1797 , 2013/1742 .
Regulation 11 was substituted by S.I. 2011/1797 and amended by S.I. 2013/1742 .