RPSM03101520 - Technical Pages: Protecting pension rights from tax charges: Valuing pension rights at 5 April 2006: Schemes that are limited by FA 2004

Retirement benefits scheme limit: which schemes are limited by paragraph 9 Schedule 36 Finance Act 2004?

[Para 9(1) Sch 36]

The limit imposed by Paragraph 9 Schedule 36 Finance Act 2004 applies to pension schemes and contracts listed in paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 36 Finance Act 2004. These are

  • a retirement benefits scheme approved under Chapter I Part 14 Income and Corporation Taxes Act (ICTA) 1988;
  • a scheme formerly approved under section 208 ICTA 1970;
  • a relevant statutory scheme (as defined in section 611A ICTA 1988) or a scheme treated by HMRC as a relevant statutory scheme; and
  • a deferred annuity contract securing the rights in relation to one of these types of scheme.
Glossary ( RPSM20000000)