Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024

Provision of benefits under arrangements made by Authority

80. The Minister may, by regulations, make provision under which an amount that would otherwise fall to be paid to a participant under Chapter 2 or 3 may, at the option of the participant, be applied by the Authority by way of—

(a) the purchase of an annuity,

(b) the transfer into an approved retirement fund (within the meaning of section 784A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 ), or

(c) a similar or related arrangement,

for the payment of benefits to or in respect of the participant.