Employment & Labor

#2026/43Emeklilik Koruma Fonu ve Mesleki Emeklilik Planları (Levy Tavanı) Emri (Kuzey İrlanda) 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Rule·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law sets the maximum amount that can be charged as a levy for pension schemes in Northern Ireland for the financial year starting on April 1, 2026. It affects occupational pension schemes that are required to pay this levy to the Pension Protection Fund. This helps ensure that pension schemes are adequately funded to protect members' benefits.

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Key Changes

  • Establishes a levy ceiling for the financial year 2026-2027
  • Aligns with provisions from the Pensions Act 2004
  • Specifies requirements for occupational pension schemes in Northern Ireland

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Occupational pension schemes must not charge a levy to the Pension Protection Fund that exceeds the levy ceiling specified for the financial year beginning 1st April 2026

Occupational pension schemes in Northern Ireland
prohibition
high

Pension Protection Fund administrators must apply the levy ceiling limit when calculating and collecting levies from occupational pension schemes for the financial year starting 1st April 2026

Pension Protection Fund
operational
high

Occupational pension schemes subject to Pension Protection Fund levy obligations must ensure their levy payments comply with the ceiling established under Article 160 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Occupational pension schemes in Northern Ireland
operational

Affected Parties

Occupational pension schemesPension scheme members

Tags

pension,levy,Northern Ireland