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Pensions Act 2011
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4.Automatic re-enrolment where scheme membership interrupted
9.Rounded figures for earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band
11.Test scheme standard for schemes that produce sum of money for provision of benefits
12.Certification that alternative to quality requirement is satisfied
14.Transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes to be optional
15.Arrangements where transitional conditions cease to be satisfied
18.Power to exempt certain cross-border employment from enrolment duty
Part 3 Occupational pension schemes
SCHEDULES
Equalisation of and increase in pensionable age for men and women: consequential amendments
Abolition of certain additions to the state pension: consequential amendments etc
Consolidation of additional pension
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
1.The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended...
3.In section 46 (modifications of section 45 for calculating the...
4.In section 122(1) (interpretation of Parts 1 to 6) insert...
5.(1) Section 176 (Parliamentary control) is amended as follows.
6.(1) Schedule 4B (additional pension: accrual rates for purposes of...
7.(1) Schedule 4C (additional pension: calculation of revalued consolidated amount)...
Requirements to obtain actuarial valuations
3.(1) Section 141 (effect of review of ill-health pension) is...
4.In section 142(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “scheme valuation”...
5.(1) Section 143 (Board's obligation to obtain valuation of assets...
6.After section 143 insert— Determinations under section 143 (1) Where the Board makes a determination under section 143(2)(a)...
7.(1) Section 144 (approval of valuation) is amended as follows....
8.In section 145(1) (binding valuations) for “143” substitute “ 143(2)(b)...
9.(1) Section 151 (application for Board to assume responsibility for...
10.In section 154(5)(b) (requirement to wind up scheme) after “that...
11.(1) Section 158 (Board's duty to assume responsibility for closed...
13.(1) Schedule 9 (reviewable matters) is amended as follows.
21.Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004 (pension compensation provisions)...
22.For paragraph 25A (deferral of compensation) and the heading before...
23.(1) In paragraph 5(3) (periodic compensation for postponed pensioner at...
24.(1) In paragraph 6 (periodic compensation for widow or widower...
25.In paragraph 24(1) (commutation of periodic compensation) for “becomes payable”...
26.(1) In paragraph 25B (eligibility for terminal illness lump sum)—...
27.(1) Paragraph 28 (annual increase in periodic compensation) is amended...
Pension compensation sharing: postponement of compensation
29.Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act 2008 (pension compensation payable...
31.(1) In paragraph 4(3) (periodic compensation for transferee over pension...
32.(1) In paragraph 5 (periodic compensation for widow etc of...
33.In paragraph 9(1) (commutation of periodic compensation) for “becomes payable”...
34.(1) In paragraph 12 (eligibility for terminal illness lump sum)—...
35.(1) Paragraph 17 (annual increase in periodic compensation) is amended...
36.In paragraph 20 (Board's power to alter rates of revaluation...
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