Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I modified (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/786), regs. 1, 2
C2Pt. I applied (with modifications) (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/786), reg. 2
C3Pt. I: Pensions Act 2004 (c.35), Pt. 3 construed as one with Pt. I of this Act (4.12.2005 for specified purposes, 30.12.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 233, 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/3331, art. 2(1)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 1
(1)For the purposes of this Part, an occupational pension scheme is salary related if—
(a)the scheme is not a money purchase scheme, and
(b)the scheme does not fall within a prescribed class or description,
and “” is to be read accordingly.
(2)Regulations may apply this Part with prescribed modifications to occupational pension schemes—
(a)which are not money purchase schemes, but
(b)where some of the benefits that may be provided are money purchase benefits.
(3)Regulations may, in relation to occupational pension schemes, extend for the purposes of this Part the meaning of “employer” to include persons who have been the employer in relation to the scheme.
(4)For any of the purposes of this Part, regulations may in relation to occupational pension schemes—
(a)extend or restrict the meaning of “member”,
(b)determine who is to be treated as a prospective member, and
(c)determine the times at which a person is to be treated as becoming, or as ceasing to be, a member or prospective member.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 125 modified (11.11.1999 for specified purposes, 1.10.2000 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), s. 89(5)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2)(b)(xv); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. III
Commencement Information
I1S. 125 in force at 6.4.1996 for specified purposes by S.I. 1996/778, art. 2(5)(b)
I2S. 125(1) in force at 6.4.1997 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
I3S. 125(2)-(4) in force at 16.10.1996 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2637, art. 2