SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12State pension: amendments

Part 4Other amendments to do with Part 1

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)

I792

The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows.

I393

1

Section 39C (rate of widowed parent's allowance and bereavement allowance) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the words from “45AA” to “as they apply” substitute “ 45AA and Schedules 4A and 4B below as they apply ”.

3

In subsection (3), for the words from “45AA” to “by virtue of subsection (1) above” substitute “ 45AA and Schedules 4A and 4B below by virtue of subsection (1) above ”.

4

In subsection (4), for the words from “45AA” to “below” substitute “ 45AA and Schedules 4A and 4B below ”.

I494

1

Schedule 5 (pension increase or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension is deferred) is amended as follows.

2

In the following provisions omit “(as those provisions have effect by virtue of section 2(7) of the Pensions Act 2011)”—

  • paragraph 4(1A)(a), (b) and (c);

  • paragraph 7B(5)(b)(i).

3

After paragraph 7 insert—

7ZA

1

This paragraph modifies paragraphs 5A to 6A in cases where—

a

W became entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension before 6 April 2012, and

b

S died before 6 April 2012.

(“W” and “S” have the same meaning as in paragraph 5.)

2

Paragraph 5A applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (2), after paragraph (a), there were inserted—

b

the appropriate amount; and

b

in sub-paragraph (3), after “following—”, there were inserted—

a

one half of the appropriate amount; and

3

Paragraph 6 applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (2), after paragraph (a), there were inserted—

b

the appropriate amount; and

b

in sub-paragraph (3), after paragraph (b), there were inserted—

c

the appropriate amount reduced by the amount of any increases under section 109 of the Pensions Act; and

c

in sub-paragraph (4), after paragraph (a), there were inserted—

b

one half of the appropriate amount; and

4

Paragraph 6A applies as if in sub-paragraph (2), after paragraph (a), there were inserted—

b

one half of the appropriate amount; and

5

In paragraphs 5A to 6A as modified by this paragraph, the “appropriate amount” means the greater of—

a

the amount by which the deceased person's Category A or Category B retirement pension had been increased under section 150(1)(e) of the Administration Act; or

b

the amount by which his or her Category A or Category B retirement pension would have been so increased had he or she died immediately before the surviving spouse or civil partner became entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension.

6

In sub-paragraph (1)(a) the reference to becoming entitled to a pension before 6 April 2012 includes a reference to becoming entitled on or after that day to the payment of a pension in respect of a period before that day.

Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)

I595

Section 46A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (retirement in tax year after 5 April 2020) is repealed.

Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30)

I196

In the Pensions Act 2008, the following are repealed—

a

sections 102 and 103 (consolidation of additional pension);

b

Schedule 3 (consolidation of additional pension);

c

in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—

  • paragraph 4(2)(b) and (3)(b);

  • paragraph 6(3);

  • paragraph 7(a);

  • paragraph 8(a);

  • paragraph 9(2)(c);

  • paragraph 10;

  • paragraphs 13 to 22.

Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19)

I697

In the Pensions Act 2011, the following are repealed—

a

section 2(5) to (9) and Schedule 2 (abolition of certain additions to the state pension);

I2b

section 3 and Schedule 3 (consolidation of additional pension).