96 Withdrawal of applications.N.I.
(1)Subject to [F1subsections (2) and (2A)], a member of a scheme may withdraw an application under section 91 by giving the trustees or managers of the scheme notice in writing that he no longer wishes them to do what is needed to carry out what he previously required.
(2)Such a notice shall be of no effect if it is given to the trustees or managers at a time when, in order to comply with what the member previously required, they have already entered into an agreement with a third party to use the whole or part of the member’s cash equivalent in a way specified in subsection (2)[F2, subsection (2A)] or, as the case may be, subsection (3) of section 91.
[F3(2A)If the making of the application depended on the giving of a notice under section 97F(1), the application may only be withdrawn if the notice is also withdrawn.]
(3)A member who withdraws an application may make another.
(4)A notice to the trustees or managers of a scheme under this section is to be taken to have been given if it is delivered to them personally, or sent by post in a registered letter or by recorded delivery service.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 96(1) substituted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 74, Sch. 9 para. 27(2); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. IV
F2Words in s. 96(2) inserted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), ss. 71(7), 89(3)(b) (with s. 71(8)(9), 87)
F3S. 96(2A) inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 74, Sch. 9 para. 27(3); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. IV
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1: power to modify conferred (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.8.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(1)(3)(a), Sch. 5 para. 1(6)(a); S.R. 2022/197, art. 3(a)
C2Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 excluded (1.8.2022) by S.R. 1996/619, reg. 2A (as inserted by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Modifications and Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/192), regs. 1(1), 3(3))