This form instructs us to pay you a small pots lump sum from your Aegon Retirement Choices and/or
One Retirement wrapper(s) with us, if you meet the conditions described on page 2. If you only want
to take a tax-free lump known as a Pension Commencement Lump Sum, you can’t use this form to
do that, please contact us.
Make sure you’ve reviewed all your retirement options before completing this instruction. If you haven’t
received a retirement options pack from us in the last 12 months, please contact us. We need to send
you this information so you can review all your retirement options before you complete this form to
access your savings.
Why do I need to ll in this form?
Small pots lump sum
Payment instruction
For customers
you want to take out your pension a bit
at a time, leaving some funds invested;
you want to take some of your pension
as cash then use the rest to provide
a exible income;
you want to take some of your pension
as cash and use the rest to provide
a guaranteed income;
you’ve previously received three small pots
lump sums from non-occupational pension
scheme(s);
you haven’t received your retirement options
pack yet;
you don’t meet the conditions on page 2, or
you are unsure of the tax you will pay on
taking this option. To nd out more about
how much this could be you can use the
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) online tax
calculator at www.gov.uk/estimate-income-
tax
You shouldn’t
complete this form if...
You should complete
this form if...
you’d like to take all of your funds from your
wrapper(s) numbered in section 2 as a small
pots lump sum.
Before completing this instruction, please read
the conditions on page 2 to make sure you’re
eligible for this option.
By completing this instruction you’re confirming
that you’re eligible to have all of your funds
from your wrapper(s) paid in the form of
a small pots lump sum instead of a pension.
Be aware that this option has tax
implications and no cancellation rights –
once we’ve made the payment to you, it
can’t be reversed and paid back to us.
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This form should take about 20 minutes to complete and you’ll have to complete ve
sections. Words in bold are described in more detail in the denitions section at the end
of this form.
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Small pots lump sum conditions
To qualify for this option, at the time of payment you must have a fund of £10,000 or less in an arrangement under
a non-occupational pension scheme. You can check the current value of your wrapper(s) online to see if you can
take a small pots lump sum.
The fund can be paid to you as a small pots lump sum, provided that at the time of payment:
you’ve reached the normal minimum pension age,
currently 55 (or your protected pension age, if you
have one) or meet the ill-health condition;
the gross payment from the arrangement isn’t more
than £10,000;
you’ve not previously received more than two such
other payments in respect of an arrangement under
any such scheme. This includes any similar payments
made to you in the period 6 April 2012 to 26
March 2014, which are subject to a £2,000 limit per
arrangement; and
the payment extinguishes your entitlement to
benets under the arrangement.
Provided these conditions are met, these payments can be
made regardless of the value of your total pension savings
and can be paid in addition to any other type of trivial
commutation lump sum you may have received. You can
have a maximum of three such ‘small pots’ in your lifetime.
How to complete this form
Type in the boxes, including the signature box.
Check which documents you must send with your
form to prove your identity on page 5.
Find denitions for highlighted terms on page 9.
Read more about the small pots lump sum option
by visiting Your Retirement Planner website at
aegon.co.uk/retirementplanner
Find impartial guidance and information on your
options at retirement at pensionwise.gov.uk
You may also want to seek regulated nancial advice
before completing this payment instruction.
We’ll pay up to 25% of the lump sum of any commuted uncrystallised funds as a tax-free amount.
The balance of any commuted uncrystallised funds will be taxed as income at your highest marginal rate.
However, we’ll only deduct UK basic rate tax from this (unless we already hold a tax code on le for you).
We’ll tax all commuted crystallised funds as pension income using your UK tax code.
If we don’t have a tax code for you we’ll deduct tax at the UK basic rate of tax.
If you’re a higher or additional rate tax payer you may have a further tax liability usually paid through your
assessment form. HMRC will contact you at the end of the tax year if you haven’t paid the correct amount of tax.
This information is based on our understanding of current taxation law and HMRC practice which may change.
The amount of tax you pay will depend on your individual circumstances.
When we pay you the small pots lump sum, the cash-in value of your wrapper must be no more than
£10,000. The number of wrappers that you can take as a small pots lump sum will depend on the number
of these payments that you’ve received previously.
Number of small pots lump sums received previously 0 1 2
Number of wrapper(s) with cash-in value of £10,000 that can be taken 3 2 1
Email your completed form
and identity documentation to:
clientsupport@arc.aegon.co.uk
Our email system and the way we
deal with data is internally secure.
However, we’re unable to ensure the
security of emails before they reach
us. Please consider this when sending
us sensitive information.
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1 About me
Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other – please specify)
Full forename(s)
Surname
Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy) Contact phone number
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
We may use your email or phone number to
contact you about your instruction.
2 Small pots lump sum
2.1 Have you taken any small pots lump sums from non-occupational pension
schemes before?
No
Yes – please tell us how many
Remember you can only take a maximum of three small pots lump sums
as described in page 2.
2.2 Please tell us the wrapper number(s) you want to take a small pots lump
sum from.
The amount in each wrapper can’t be more than £10,000 at the time the small
pots lump sum is paid.
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
EmailNational Insurance number
You should be able to find your National
Insurance number on a payslip, from a P45
or P60, or a letter from HMRC.
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Bank/Building society name
Address
Sort code
Account number
Name of account holder(s)
Building society roll number (if applicable)
Postcode
3 Bank details
Please give us your bank details for the account you want us to pay the small pots lump sum(s)
to. It must be a personal account in your name or where you are a joint account holder.
We can only
pay benets
directly to a UK
bank or building
society. If you’re
unable to set up
a UK bank or
building society
account, please
contact us.
If this is the rst
time that you’ve
given us these
bank details,
please attach a
certied copy
of your bank
statement for
this account.
See page 5
for more
information.
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
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We must conrm your identity when you take your pension benets we can’t process your
payment instruction without doing this. That’s why we ask you to send us certain documents.
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Please send us certied copies of your documents, not originals.
We require two items to conrm your identity. Please tick the documents that you’re sending us.
Who can certify a document and how do they do it?
Copies of documents can be certied
by one of the following people:
doctors/dentists
ministers of religion
social workers
teachers
credit union employees
Post Ofce ofcial (through
the Post Ofce’s certication
service)
accountants
bank/building society
employees
barristers/solicitors/
paralegals
councillors
nancial advisers
justice of the peace
serving police ofcer
member of Parliament
The person certifying
your document should
write the following on
the copy document:
their name in block capitals;
the name of the company
they work for and their
occupation;
the statement ‘I certify this
to be a true likeness of the
original’; and
their signature and date.
 A postal bank statement or a bank statement obtained from your branch for the account
we’re paying benets to. The bank statement must show your home address and have
been received in the last three months. (The postal statement must have been sent to
your home address. The bank statement obtained from your branch must show it was
printed or stamped in branch.)
4 Required documents
If you can’t provide one of the four items shown in the box above, then we require one
document from list A and one from list B.
List A (tick one) List B (tick one)
Current (old pre-photo card style)
full UK driving licence
Current council tax demand letter or
statement received in the last three months
Birth certicate
Credit card statement received in the
last three months
Proof of benet entitlement in the last
three months
Mortgage statement received in the
last three months
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tax
notication quoting National Insurance
number sent to your home address
Local authority rent card or tenancy
agreement
One of the following items (please tick your choice)
Current passport
National identity card
Current photo card driving licence
(full or provisional)
Identity card issued by the Electoral
Ofce for Northern Ireland
+
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
Not everyone on this list may provide this service and a
charge could be applied.
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5 About the risks
Before you make a decision about taking your benets, make sure you’ve read your retirement
options pack, reviewed your options and are aware of the main risks related to withdrawing
money from your pension pot. You can also visit ‘Your retirement planner’ where you’ll get
tailored risk warnings specic to you by answering the questions on the ‘Make it happen’
section.
5.1
Have you received guidance from Pension Wise?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk you may choose an option that doesn’t suit your needs. Accessing your
pension savings is an important decision and we would always recommend that you
seek guidance.
5.2
Have you received advice from an adviser?
Yes
No
!
We recommend that you seek advice from a nancial adviser if you aren’t sure if
this is the right option for you.
5.3
Are you aware that taking your pension fund as lump sum will use up all the benets
under your plan and you won’t get any further payments from it?
Yes
No
!
Taking a full lump sum from your pension plan means that no further benets can be
paid from it at a later date when you may require it, you should consider the impact
this could have on your retirement plans.
5.4 Are you aware that any guarantees attached to your existing plan would be lost
?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk that you’ll lose your right to any guarantee which may reduce the level
of income you receive in retirement. You should make sure that you understand the
conditions of any guarantee before making a decision.
5.5
Are you aware that you’ll pay tax if you take a lump sum from your pension savings and
this may take you into a higher tax bracket?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk that after tax is deducted you may not get as much as you were
expecting. The amount you withdraw and any other income that you receive may result
in you paying higher rate tax or even owing additional tax.
!
We can’t progress your claim unless this section is completed.
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
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5.6 Are you condent that withdrawing money out of your pension pot will still let you have
your desired lifestyle in retirement?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk you may run out of money, so you must make sure that you invest
wisely or budget effectively. You should also consider any state pension you may be
entitled to – you can nd details of this at gov.uk/new-state-pension
5.7
Are you aware of the impact withdrawing money from your pension plan may have on any
outstanding debts?
Yes
No
!
If you owe money there’s a risk that your lender may be entitled to your pension
savings when you take it as income.
5.8 Are you aware that pension scams are on the increase following the pension freedoms?
Yes
No
!
Your pension is likely to be one of your most valuable assets. Like anything
valuable, your pension can become the target for illegal activities, scams or offers
of inappropriate and high risk investments. Find out more about the steps you can
take to protect yourself from pension investment scams and how to avoid them –
visit www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart and pension-scams.com
5.9 Are you aware that taking cash from your pension pot may impact means tested benets?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk that taking your income may result in the loss of any means tested
benets you currently receive or may be eligible for at some point in the future.
5.10 Have you investigated fully any charges associated with any planned investment?
Yes
No
!
There’s a risk that any charges payable on future investments may be more than
those you’re currently paying on your pension savings.
5 About the risks continued
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
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documents
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Before returning this form to us, please check:
You’ve included the required certied copies of documents.
You’ve completed all of section 5 and read the risk warnings.
You’ve signed and dated the Declaration above.
You’ve reviewed your retirement options and you’re happy with this
decision.
6 Declaration
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We can’t process
your instruction
until you’ve
met these
requirements
About me Partial
lump sum
Bank details About
the risks
Declaration
Required
documents
In this declaration ‘I’ means the individual
detailed in section 1 and ‘you’ means Scottish
Equitable plc as Scheme Administrator of the
Aegon Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme.
6.1 I request that you pay the funds from
the wrapper(s) to me as small pots
lump sum(s). I declare that the following
conditions for payment of the small pots
lump sum(s) are met:
a I’ve not previously received more
than two such payments in respect of
arrangements under non-occupational
pension schemes;
b where I’ve not previously received a
small pots lump sum from such an
arrangement, I’ve not listed more than
three wrappers and at the time of
payment the fund value under each of
the wrappers isn’t more than £10,000;
c where I’ve previously received one
small pots lump sum from such an
arrangement, I’ve not listed more
than two wrappers and at the time of
payment the fund value under each of
the wrappers isn’t more than £10,000;
d where I’ve previously received two
small pots lump sum from such an
arrangement, I’ve listed only one
wrapper and at the time of payment
the fund value under the wrapper isn’t
more than £10,000;
e at the time of the payment, I’ll have
reached the normal minimum pension
age, currently 55 (or my protected
pension age, if I have one) or I meet
the ill-health condition; and
f the payment will extinguish my
entitlement to benefits under
the wrapper(s).
6.2 I acknowledge that a small pots lump
sum(s) payment can’t be made to me
from the wrapper(s) if I’ve previously
received three small pots lump sums from
arrangements under non-occupational
pension schemes.
6.3 I acknowledge that a small pots lump
sum payment(s) can’t be made from
a wrapper to me if the value of that
wrapper is greater than £10,000 at the
time of payment. If any wrapper listed in
2.2 is greater than £10,000 at the time of
payment then no small pots lump sum
payment can be made from that wrapper.
6.4 I acknowledge that you’ll rely on this
declaration, and confirm that if a small
pots lump sum payment made to me in
connection with this request results in you
becoming liable for a scheme sanction
charge and penalties and/or interest to
HMRC, that I’ll be responsible for, and be
liable to pay to you a sum equal to the
amount of that Scheme sanction charge,
any penalties and interest charged by the
HMRC and any interest charged by you.
6.5 I agree that any sum due may be
deducted from any arrangements for
or in respect of me under the Scheme.
6.6 I confirm that I’ve reviewed my retirement
options and read the appropriate risk
warnings related to my answers in section
5 and still want to go ahead and take the
option of a small pots lump sum.
You (the investor) should sign and date this
form by typing your full name in the signature
box below and typing the date in the date
box. Your typed name in the signature box will
be your signature. When you sign the form, by
typing your name in this box, you are making
the declarations and confirming that you wish
to proceed with the instructions in this form.
Date (dd/mm/yyyy)
Investor signature - type name here
7 7
7 Adviser declaration
Where you have completed this instruction on
behalf of the customer named in section 1, when
you sign the form, by typing your name in this box,
you are making the declarations and confirming
that the customer wishes to proceed with the
instructions in this form.
By signing this instruction, by typing your name in
the box below, you make the following additional
declarations:
7.1
You declare that:
to the best of your knowledge and belief,
the information supplied to Aegon on
behalf of the customer is true and complete;
you have the appropriate authority from the
customer to complete this form, to make
the declarations in this form on their behalf
and to provide Aegon with the instructions
set out in this form, acknowledging that
Aegon reserves the right to request a copy
of the authority and failure to provide
a copy when requested may result in
Aegon being unable to proceed with the
instructions; and
you have discussed the form with the
customer and they are aware of its content,
they agree to the declarations and agree
to you submitting this application on their
behalf.
7.2
You hereby indemnify Aegon against all
claims, losses, tax charges, penalties and
interest incurred or due to be paid by
Aegon as a result of your failure to obtain
the appropriate authority from the customer
and/or supplying incorrect or inaccurate
information and Aegon relying on and
following the instructions given in this
application form.
Date (dd/mm/yyyy)
Adviser signature - type name here
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8 Denitions
Crystallised funds – are pension funds which have
been used to provide benefits, which for the
purposes of this form is drawdown.
Ill-health condition – is met if we’ve received
satisfactory medical evidence from a registered
medical practitioner that you’re (and will continue
to be) incapable of carrying on your occupation
because of physical or mental impairment.
Interest – will be added on a daily basis to any
amount due to the scheme administrator for any
scheme sanction charge. It will be calculated on a
daily basis from the date the first payment was due
at the Royal Bank of Scotland plc base rate plus 5%.
Non-occupational pension scheme – is a contract-
based pension scheme, such as a:
Personal pension;
Group Personal pension;
Group Self-invested Personal pension;
Stakeholder pension;
Group Stakeholder pension;
Retirement annuity contract
(section 226 contract);
Section 32 buyout; or
Trustee proposed section 32 buyout.
Pension Commencement Lump Sum – is a lump
sum normally paid tax-free, to a member of a
registered pension scheme when they become
entitled to certain pension benefits.
Registered pension scheme – Is a pension scheme
that’s registered with HMRC under Chapter 2 Part 4
of the Finance Act 2004.
Uncrystallised funds – are pension funds which
haven’t, as yet, been used to provide benefits
under a pension plan.
Where an authorised payment is made from
uncrystallised money purchase funds as a lump
sum, there is a 25% tax-free element and the
balance is taxed at the members marginal rate of
tax.
Aegon is a brand name of Scottish Equitable plc (No. SC144517) and Aegon Investment Solutions Ltd (No. SC394519) registered
in Scotland, registered ofce: Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SE. Both are Aegon companies. Scottish Equitable plc is
authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation
Authority. Aegon Investment Solutions Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Their Financial Services
Register numbers are 165548 and 543123 respectively. An Aegon company. © 2019 Aegon UK plc
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If you have any questions, please go online at aegon.co.uk/onlineform