Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024

Payment to participant at or after pensionable age

83. (1) Where a participant makes an application to the Authority to withdraw the balance referred to in a notification under section 82 (1)(d), the Authority shall promptly—

(a) pay the amount as a lump sum to the participant, or

(b) where regulations under section 80 apply, transfer the amount in accordance with the regulations for the payment of benefits to or in respect of the participant.

(2) The Authority shall specify, and publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority, the procedure for applications and payments made in accordance with subsection (1).