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Part I Stakeholder pension schemes
3. Duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes.
4. Obtaining information with respect to compliance with section 3 and corresponding Northern Ireland legislation.
5. Powers of inspection for securing compliance with section 3 and corresponding Northern Ireland legislation.
7. Reduced rates of contributions etc: power to specify different percentages.
11. Effect of bankruptcy on pension rights: approved arrangements.
12. Effect of bankruptcy on pension rights: unapproved arrangements.
14. No forfeiture on bankruptcy of rights under pension schemes.
15. Excessive pension contributions made by persons who have become bankrupt.
16. Excessive pension contributions made by persons who have become bankrupt: Scotland.
Part III Pensions on divorce etc.
SCHEDULES
Pensions: miscellaneous amendments
Payment by Secretary of State of unpaid pension contributions
Supervision by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
Occupational pension schemes: institutions who may hold money deposited by trustees etc.
Occupational pension schemes: certificates etc. relating to minimum funding requirement
Occupational pension schemes: rights of employee who is director of corporate trustee
Pension sharing orders: England and Wales
2.After section 21 there is inserted— Pension sharing orders. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a pension sharing...
3.In section 24 (property adjustment orders in connection with divorce...
4.After section 24A there is inserted— Pension sharing orders in...
6.In section 25A(1) (court’s duty to consider desirability of exercising...
7.(1) Section 31 (variation, discharge etc. of certain orders for...
8.In section 33A (consent orders), in subsection (3), in the...
9.In section 37 (avoidance of transactions intended to prevent or...
10.After section 40 there is inserted— Appeals relating to pension...
11.In section 52 (interpretation), in subsection (2), for “and” at...
Amendments of sections 25B to 25D of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
Pension credits: mode of discharge
Joint claims for jobseeker’s allowance
1.The Jobseekers Act 1995 has effect subject to the following...
2.(1) Section 1 (entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance) is amended as...
3.In section 2(1) (the contribution-based conditions), for “section 1(2)(d)(i)” substitute...
4.(1) In subsection (1) of section 3 (the income-based conditions),...
5.(1) Section 4 (amount of jobseeker’s allowance) is amended as...
6.After section 4 insert— Amount payable in respect of joint-claim...
7.(1) Section 8 (power to make regulations requiring attendance etc.)...
8.In section 9(12) (jobseeker’s agreement ends when allowance ends), at...
10.After section 15 (effect on family of one member being...
11.In section 17 (reduction of allowance payable to young persons),...
12.In section 19 (allowance not payable though conditions for entitlement...
13.After section 20 insert— Denial or reduction of joint-claim jobseeker’s...
14.(1) Section 31 (termination of awards where another entitlement exists)...
16.(1) Schedule 1 (jobseeker’s allowance: supplementary provisions) is amended as...
Welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)
2.The Contributions and Benefits Act has effect subject to the...
3.(1) Section 20 (descriptions of contributory benefits) is amended as...
4.(1) Section 21 (contribution conditions) is amended as follows.
5.In section 46(2) (modifications of s. 45 for calculating additional...
6.In section 48B (Category B retirement pension for widows and...
7.In section 48C(4) (category B retirement pension: general), for “or...
8.(1) Section 60 (complete or partial failure to satisfy contribution...
9.In section 61(1) (exclusion of increase of benefit for failure...
11.In section 80(5) (beneficiary’s dependent children)— (a) for “payable by...
12.In section 150 (interpretation of provisions relating to Christmas bonus),...
13.(1) Schedule 3 (contribution conditions for entitlement to benefit) is...
14.In Part IV of Schedule 4 (increases for dependants), after...
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)
20.The Contributions and Benefits Act has effect subject to the...
21.In section 21 (contribution conditions)— (a) in subsection (1), after...
22.In section 30B (incapacity benefit: rate), at the end add—...
23.(1) Section 171A (test of incapacity for work) is amended...
24.In section 171B(1) (the “own occupation test”), for “the test...
25.In section 176 (parliamentary control), in subsection (1)(a) (regulations subject...
New threshold for primary Class 1 contributions
Part II Reduced contributions in respect of members of contracted-out schemes
New threshold for primary Class 1 contributions: Northern Ireland
Part II Reduced contributions in respect of members of contracted-out schemes
Contributions and pensions administration
Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.8)
13.The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is amended...
14.In section 110 (legal proceedings), for subsection (5A) there is...
15.In section 115D (supply of contributions, etc. information held by...
16.In section 115E (supply to Inland Revenue for purposes of...
18.(1) In section 145 (adjustments between the Northern Ireland National...
19.(1) In section 165 (regulations and orders - general), in...
Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c.49)
24.The Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 is amended as...
25.(1) In section 154 (disclosure of information between government departments,...
26.In section 165 (decisions and appeals), as amended by Article...
27.(1) In section 177 (orders and regulations - general provisions),...
28.In section 180(2) (consultation about regulations)— (a) for “the appropriate...
Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2)
29.The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999...
30.In section 3 (general functions of Inland Revenue), subsection (3)(c)...
31.In section 4 (recovery of contributions where income tax recovery...
32.In Schedule 1 (transfer of Contributions Agency functions and associated...
33.In Schedule 2 (transfer of functions under subordinate legislation), the...
Transfer of certain functions under subordinate legislation: Great Britain
Transfer of certain functions under subordinate legislation: Northern Ireland
Part I Amendments consequential on Parts III and IV
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)
14.The Contributions and Benefits Act has effect subject to the...
16.In section 21(1), after “41 below” there is inserted “...
19.In section 48A(4), for “45A” there is substituted “ 45B...
20.In section 48B(2) and (3), for “45A” there is substituted...
21.In section 48C(4), for “45A” there is substituted “ 45B...
43.The Pensions Act 1995 has effect subject to the following...
44.In section 3(2)(a)— (a) in sub-paragraph (ii), after “values),” there...
46.In section 17(4)(a), before “members” there is inserted “ qualifying...
48.In section 20(5), after “a”, in the second place, there...
51.In section 51(6), after “a pension” there is inserted “...
60.In section 99(2)— (a) in paragraph (b), after “values),” there...
63.In section 167(4)— (a) for “scheme”, where first occurring, there...
Part II Other consequential amendments
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
79.The Administration Act has effect subject to the following amendments....
80.After section 140E insert— Financing of other expenditure. (1) The Secretary of State may make to a local...
81.In section 170(5) (enactments conferring functions in respect of which...
82.In section 189 (regulations and orders—general), after subsection (7) insert—...
83.In section 190 (Parliamentary control of orders and regulations), in...
Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.7)
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