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Pensions Act 1995

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Part IIIU.K.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 Pt. III in force at 6.4.1996 for specified purposes by S.I. 1996/778, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. IV

I2Sch. 7 Pt. III in force at 6.4.1997 for specified purposes by S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3

Certification of pension schemes etc.

Chapter>Short titleExtent of repeal
1958 c. 51.The Public Records Act 1958.In Schedule 1, in the Table, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Board.
1975 c. 24.The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.In Part II of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Board.
1975 c. 25.The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.In Part II of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Board.
1975 c. 60.The Social Security Pensions Act 1975.In section 61B(1), “except any power of the Occupational Pensions Board to make orders”.
1979 c. 50.The European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979.In section 6(4), “and the Occupational Pensions Board”.
F1. . .F1. . .F1. . .
1989 c. 24.The Social Security Act 1989.Section 29(7).
In Schedule 5, paragraph 4.
1992 c. 5.The Social Security Administration Act 1992.In Schedule 4, the entries in Part I relating to the Occupational Pensions Board.
1992 c. 53.The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992.In section 7(2), “(d) or”.
In section 10(5), paragraph (c).
In section 13(5)(a), “and (d)”.
In section 14, subsection (2).
In Schedule 1, paragraph 35(d).
1993 c. 8.The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.In section 13(9), in the definition of “personal pension scheme”, “by the Occupational Pensions Board”.
1993 c. 48.The Pension Schemes Act 1993.Sections 2 to 5.
In section 7(4), “by the Board”.
Section 8(5).
In section 9(3), “22 and”.
In section 13(2)(a), the words from “and does” to the end.
In section 14, subsection (3).
Section 22.
In section 23, subsections (1) and (5).
Section 24.
In section 25, subsections (1) and (3).
Section 28(7).
Section 31(1).
Section 34(6).
Sections 35 and 36.
In section 38, in subsection (1), the words from “unless” to the end, in subsection (3), the words from “if” to the end, and subsection (7).
In section 45, subsection (2) and, in subsection (3), paragraph (d) and, in paragraph (e), the words following “prescribed period”.
In section 48(2), paragraph (b) and, in paragraph (c), “if the earner dies before reaching pensionable age”.
Section 50(7).
In section 52, subsections (4) to (6).
In section 53, subsections (2), (4) and (5).
Section 54(3).
In section 55, subsection (1) and subsections (3) to (6).
In section 56, subsection (1), in subsection (2), the words following “the prescribed period”, and subsection (3).
In section 58, subsections (1) to (3), (5) and (6).
Section 59.
In section 60, subsections (1) to (3) and (6) to (10).
In section 62, subsection (2).
In section 63, in subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (c), subsection (2), in subsection (3), paragraph (a) and the words following sub-paragraph (ii), and subsection (4).
Sections 64 to 66.
In section 84, in subsection (5), paragraph (b) and the preceding “or”.
Sections 133 to 135.
In section 155, “or the Board”.
In section 158, subsections (2) and (3), in subsection (6), “(2) or (3)”, paragraph (d) (and the “or” immediately preceding it), in subsection (7), paragraph (c) (and the “or” immediately preceding it) and subsection (8).
In section 164(1)(b)(i), “2 to 5”, “172,173” and “and Schedule 1”.
In section 166(5), “sections 2 to 5”, “172, 173” and “and Schedule 1”.
In section 170, in subsection (1), the “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and subsections (3) and (4).
Sections 172 and 173.
In section 177, in subsection 3(b)(i), “sections 2 to 5”, “172, 173” and “and Schedule 1” in subsection (3)(b)(ii), the words from “sections 55” to “premiums)”, and in subsection (7), paragraph (b).
In section 178, in paragraph (b), “sections 2 to 5”, “172, 173” and “and Schedule 1”.
In section 181, in subsection (1), the definitions of “accrued rights premium,”, “the Board”, “contracted-out protected rights premium”, “limited revaluation premium”, “pensioner’s rights premium”, “personal pension protected rights premium”, “state scheme premium” and “transfer premium”, in subsection (3) “172, 173” and “and Schedule 1”, and in subsection (7) “and Schedule 1”.
In section 182(1), “the Board or”.
In section 183, in subsection (1), “sections 2 to 5”, “172, 173”, and “or Schedule 1” and subsection (2).
In section 185, subsections (3), (4) and (6).
In section 186(5), “or section 185(4)”.
In section 192(2), “section 172(4) and (5)”.
Schedule 1.
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (1), “or the Board” and “or, as the case may be, the Board”, in sub-paragraph (2), “to 65”, in sub-paragraph (3), “in relation to state scheme premiums” and paragraph (b), and sub-paragraph (5).
In Schedule 6, paragraph 11.
In Schedule 8, paragraph 44(a) and (b)(i) and the “and” immediately following it.

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