Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/1123 |
| Year | 2000 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.(2) These Regulations shall apply to any proceedings for divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage commenced on or after 1st December 2000, and any such proceedings commenced before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.a reference to a section by number alone means the section so numbered in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; “the 1984 Act" means the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; expressions defined in sections 21A
every reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the the benefits shall be valued as at a date to be specified by the court (being not earlier than one year before the date of the petition and not later than the date on which the court is exercising its power) ;in determining that value the court may have regard to information furnished by the person responsible for the pension arrangement pursuant to any of the provisions set out in paragraph (2) ; andin specifying a date under sub-paragraph (a) above the court may have regard to the date specified in any information furnished as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above.the Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations 2000;regulation 5 of and Schedule 2 to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1996 F22sections 93A and 94(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 ;F23section 94(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or paragraph 2(a) (or, where applicable, 2(b) ) of Schedule 2 to the Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1987 .(1) This regulation applies in the circumstances set out in section 25D(1) (a) (transfers of pension rights) .the person responsible for the new arrangement, andthe other party.every order made under section 23 imposing any requirement on the person responsible for the first arrangement in relation to the rights transferred;any order varying such an order;to provide information, documents or representations to the court to enable it to decide what if any requirement should be imposed on that person; orto comply with any order imposing such a requirement;any notice given by the other party to the person responsible for the first arrangement under regulation 6;where the pension rights under the first arrangement were derived wholly or partly from rights held under a previous pension arrangement, any notice given to the person responsible for the previous arrangement under paragraph (2) of this regulation on the occasion of that acquisition of rights.the fact that the pension rights have been transferred;the date on which the transfer takes effect;the name and address of the person responsible for the new arrangement;the fact that the order made under section 23 is to have effect as if it had been made in respect of the person responsible for the new arrangement.within the period provided by section 99 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 for the person responsible for the first arrangement to carry out what the member requires; andbefore the expiry of 21 days after the person responsible for the first arrangement has made all required payments to the person responsible for the new arrangement.an order under section 23 or under section 17 the transfer from the arrangement of all the rights of the party with pension rights in the circumstances set out in section 25D(1) (a) , ora reduction in the value of assets held for the purposes of the arrangement by reason of a change in interest rates or other market conditions.that event;the likely extent of the reduction in the benefits payable under the arrangement.(3) Where the event mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) consists of a transfer of some but not all of the rights of the party with pension rights from the arrangement, the person responsible for the first arrangement shall, within 14 days of the transfer, give notice to the other party of the name and address of the person responsible for any pension arrangement under which the party with pension rights has acquired rights as a result of that event.an order under section 23 or under section 17 of the 1984 Act has been made by virtue of section 25B or 25C imposing any requirement on the person responsible for a pension arrangement; andany of the events set out in paragraph (2) has occurred.any of the particulars supplied by the other party under F15rule 2.70F15rule 9.33 or 9.34 for any purpose mentioned in regulation 4(3) (c) has ceased to be accurate; orby reason of the remarriage of the other party F18, or his having formed a subsequent civil partnership, or otherwise, the order has ceased to have effect.(3) Where this regulation applies, the other party shall, within 14 days of the event, give notice of it to the person responsible for the pension arrangement.it may instead make that payment to the party with pension rights, andit shall then be discharged of liability to the other party to the extent of that payment.
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