Key legal question
Whether the retroactively amended pension regulations applied to the applicant's WEF withdrawal request.
Extracted holding
The changed regulation applies; there is no sufficient reason to exempt the withdrawal from the new regime.
Extracted reasoning
Even if the transition rule were problematic or information duties were breached, an exemption would require a concrete serious disadvantage. The home purchase did not endanger retirement protection to that extent, and the withdrawal remains pension-relevant.