The Pension Benefits (Insurance Company Liable as Scheme Administrator) Regulations 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/136 |
2006 No. 136
INCOME TAX
The Pension Benefits (Insurance Company Liable as Scheme Administrator) Regulations 2006
Made 25th January 2006
Laid before the House of Commons 26th January 2006
Coming into force 6th April 2006
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 273A(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 20041, and now exercisable by them2, make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Benefits (Insurance Company Liable as Scheme Administrator) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.
Insurance company liable as scheme administrator
2.—(1) This regulation applies where an insurance company makes a payment of—
(a)
(a) a pension protection lump sum death benefit,
(b)
(b) an annuity protection lump sum death benefit, or
(c)
(c) an unsecured pension fund lump sum death benefit.
(2) The insurance company is to be treated as the scheme administrator for the purposes of the operation of section 206 (special lump sum death benefits charge) in relation to the lump sum death benefit.
(3) The insurance company is responsible for the discharge of the obligations imposed on the scheme administrator under subsections (1) to (7) of section 254 (accounting for tax by scheme administrators).
(4) The insurance company is liable to the penalties under—
(a)
(a) section 260(1) (accounting return) if it fails to comply with the obligations imposed by section 254(1) to (7) as applied to it by virtue of paragraph (2); and
(b)
(b) section 260(6) if it fraudulently or negligently makes an incorrect return under section 254(1) to (7) as so applied.
Paul Gray
Mike Eland
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
25th January 2006
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose obligations on insurance companies which make payments of lump sum death benefits falling within section 273A(1) of the Finance Act 2004 (which was inserted by paragraph 49(1) of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2005).
Regulation 1 provides for the citation and commencement of the Regulations.
Regulation 2 provides that an insurance company which makes a payment of a lump sum death benefit falling within section 273A(1) is to be treated as the scheme administrator for the purposes of the special lump sum death benefit...
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