Section 274ZZA | Master Trust schemes

(1)In this Part “Master Trust scheme” means (subject to subsections (2) to (4)) a Master Trust scheme within the meaning of PSA 2017 or PSA(NI) 2021.

(2)Any provision of PSA 2017 or PSA(NI) 2021 under which a reference to a Master Trust scheme does not include a section of it that is a collective money purchase scheme (within the meaning of that Act) does not apply for the purposes of subsection (1).

(3)Section 1(2) of PSA 2017 and section 1(2) of PSA(NI) 2021 (which restrict the meaning of “Master Trust scheme” in the case of schemes that provide benefits other than money purchase benefits) do not apply for the purposes of subsection (1).

(4)Where, by virtue of section 40(2) of PSA 2017 or section 40(2) of PSA(NI) 2021, more than one pension scheme is treated as a single Master Trust scheme for the purposes of that Act, each of those pension schemes is a Master Trust scheme for the purposes of this Part.

(5)For the purposes of this Part a pension scheme is an “unauthorised Master Trust scheme” if—

(a)it is a Master Trust scheme the lawful operation of which, or of any section or part of which, requires authorisation under PSA 2017 or PSA(NI) 2021, or

(b)it is not a Master Trust scheme but, by virtue of section 40(1)(a) of PSA 2017 or section 40(1)(a) of PSA(NI) 2021, the lawful operation of the pension scheme, or of any section or part of it, requires authorisation under that Act,

and such authorisation has not been granted, or has been granted but has been withdrawn.

(6)In this section—

“PSA 2017” means the Pension Schemes Act 2017;

“PSA(NI) 2021” means the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.