Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1996

Amendment of section 36 of Principal Act.

13.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in section 36 of the following subsection:

“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subsection (1) where a member of a scheme or such other person who is entitled to preserved benefit is or becomes bankrupt (within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act, 1988 ), or assigns or charges or attempts to assign or charge the benefit, the trustees of the scheme may, at their discretion, apply any provision of the scheme, under which a benefit may be forfeited and paid, to the member or such other person specified in the provision.”.