House of Commons Amendments

Session 2012 - 13
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Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Sajid Javid

8


Clause  10,  page  6,  line  7,  after ‘section 1’, insert ‘which is a defined benefits

scheme’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

55


Clause  10,  page  6,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
Treasury directions under subsection (2) shall take into account the individual

nature of each of the different funded schemes that make provision for local

government workers.’.

Sajid Javid

9


Clause  10,  page  6,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘( )
Scheme regulations for a scheme under section 1 which is not a defined benefits

scheme may provide for actuarial valuations to be made of the scheme and any

statutory pension scheme which is connected with it; and if they do, subsections

(2) to (4) apply.’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

56


Clause  10,  page  6,  line  24,  at end insert ‘and with the written approval of the

Government Actuary.’.

Sajid Javid

10


Clause  11,  page  6,  line  26,  after ‘section 1’, insert ‘which is a defined benefits

scheme’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

57


Clause  11,  page  6,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Treasury directions under subsection (3) may only be made after consultation

with the persons or representatives of the persons who appear to the Treasury to

be likely to be affected by the employer cost cap.’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

58


Clause  11,  page  7,  line  15,  at end insert ‘provided that they do not have the effect

of reducing members’ accrued benefits.’.

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

59


Clause  11,  page  7,  line  19,  leave out ‘negative’ and insert ‘affirmative’.

Sajid Javid

11


Clause  12,  page  7,  line  26,  leave out ‘scheme’ and insert ‘pension fund’.

Sajid Javid

12


Clause  12,  page  7,  line  27,  at end insert ‘, so far as relating to the pension fund’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

60


Clause  12,  page  7,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or, where a pension scheme consists of

more than one fund, separate actuarial valuations of each fund.’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

65


Clause  16,  page  9,  line  33,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

‘(4)
The closing date is 5 April 2015 subject to subsection (7).’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

78


Schedule  5,  page  38,  leave out lines 34 to 40.

Sajid Javid

29


Schedule  5,  page  40,  line  3,  at end insert ‘and compensation benefits’.

Sajid Javid

30


Schedule  6,  page  41,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and compensation benefits’.

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

79


Schedule  7,  page  42,  line  23,  at end insert ‘and

(iii)
the definition of pensionable earnings under the new scheme

will be the same definition as under the old scheme.’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

66


Clause  20,  page  11,  line  11,  leave out ‘significant’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

67


Clause  20,  page  11,  line  35,  at end insert ‘or in the case of the Local Government

Pension Scheme the period of 26 years beginning with 1 April 2014’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

68


Clause  20,  page  11,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(d)
the scheme’s definition of pensionable earnings;

(e)
ill-health benefits;

(f)
early retirement rights.’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

69


Clause  20,  page  11,  line  41,  leave out subsection (6).

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

70


Clause  21,  page  12,  line  5,  leave out ‘significant’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

71


Clause  21,  page  12,  line  6,  after ‘scheme’, insert ‘Unless otherwise stated in this

Act’.

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

73


Clause  23,  page  12,  line  40,  at end insert ‘provided that the payment of pension and

other benefits under this section does not limit the obligations under schemes under

section 1 to provide members with all the benefits set out in the scheme regulations.’.

Sajid Javid

31


Schedule  8,  page  44,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘20C
A pension payable under a scheme made by the Scottish Ministers under

section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 by virtue of section 1(2)(d)

of that Act (teachers).”’.

Sajid Javid

32


Schedule  8,  page  44,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘22B
A pension payable under a scheme made by the Scottish Ministers under

section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 by virtue of section 1(2)(e)

of that Act (health service workers).”’.

Sajid Javid

33


Schedule  8,  page  45,  leave out lines 6 to 21.

Sajid Javid

34


Schedule  8,  page  45,  leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert—

‘“39A
A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State or the

Scottish Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(c) of

that Act (local government workers).”’.

Sajid Javid

35


Schedule  8,  page  45,  leave out lines 27 to 30 and insert—

‘“43A
A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State or Scottish

Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(g) of that Act

(police).


In the case of a scheme made by the Secretary of State, this paragraph does

include a pension referred to in paragraph 15B above.”’.

Sajid Javid

36


Schedule  8,  page  45,  leave out lines 32 to 35 and insert—

‘“44A
A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State, Scottish

Ministers or Welsh Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section

1(2)(f) of that Act (fire and rescue workers).

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In the case of a scheme made by the Secretary of State, this paragraph does not

include a pension referred to in paragraph 16B above.”’.

Sajid Javid

37


Schedule  8,  page  46,  leave out lines 25 to 28 and insert—

‘“14B
A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by a Northern Ireland department

under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(c) of that Act (local

government workers).”’.

Sajid Javid

38


Schedule  8,  page  46,  leave out lines 30 to 33 and insert—

‘“16A
A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by a Northern Ireland department

under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(f) of that Act (fire and

rescue workers).”’.

Sajid Javid

39


Schedule  8,  page  48,  leave out lines 30 to 33 and insert—

‘“(fb)
a committee of a relevant authority which is the scheme manager (or

scheme manager and pension board) of a scheme under section 1 of the

Public Service Pensions Act 2013;”.’.

Sajid Javid

40


Schedule  8,  page  49,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

29A(1)
Section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (pension rights of persons

whose salaries are paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund) is amended as

follows.

      (2)
The existing provision is numbered as subsection (1).

      (3)
After that subsection there is inserted—

“(2)
Where pensions, allowances and gratuities to or in respect of persons

whose salaries are paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund are

payable otherwise than under subsection (1), sums in respect of those

benefits may with the approval of the Secretary of State be paid out of

that Fund.”’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

74


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  21,  after ‘body’, insert ‘final salary’.

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Sajid Javid

13


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  23,  leave out from ‘authority’ to ‘service’ and insert

‘responsible for the scheme must make provision to secure that no benefits are provided

under the scheme to or in respect of a person in relation to the person’s’.

Sajid Javid

14


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘( )
Subsection (2) does not apply—

(a)
in relation to a public body pension scheme which is a defined

contributions scheme, or

(b)
to injury or compensation benefits.’.

Sajid Javid

15


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  25,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘responsible for the scheme’.

Sajid Javid

16


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  25,  leave out ‘closure’ and insert ‘provision made under

subsection (2)’.

Sajid Javid

17


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘( )
Provision made under subsection (2) or (3) may in particular be made by

amending the public body pension scheme.

( )
In subsection (2), the reference to benefits in relation to a person’s service

includes benefits relating to the person’s death in service.’.

Sajid Javid

18


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  29,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘responsible for the scheme’.

Sajid Javid

19


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  32,  leave out ‘the scheme closed under subsection (2)’ and

insert ‘a scheme to which this section applies’.

Sajid Javid

20


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  34,  leave out ‘a new scheme’ and insert ‘a new defined

benefits scheme in relation to the body or office’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

75


Clause  28,  page  14,  line  39,  leave out subsection (7)(b).

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012
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Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

Sajid Javid

41


Schedule  10,  page  54,  line  3,  leave out ‘Northern Lighthouse Board’ and insert

‘Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses’.

Sajid Javid

42


Schedule  11,  page  54,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘Lord Chancellor’s salary

2A  (1)
The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 is amended as follows.

      (2)
In section 1 (salaries), in subsection (2), for the words from “at such rate” to

the end there is substituted “of—

(a)
£68,827, where the Lord Chancellor is a member of the House

of Commons;

(b)
otherwise, £101,038.”

      (3)
In that section, after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6)
Where a person who holds office as Lord Chancellor (and to whom a

salary is accordingly payable under subsection (2)) is also the holder

of one or more other offices in respect of which a salary is payable

under this section, he shall only be entitled to one of those salaries.

(7)
If, in the case of a person mentioned in subsection (6), there is a

difference between the salaries payable in respect of the offices held

by him, the office in respect of which a salary is payable to him shall

be that in respect of which the highest salary is payable.”

      (4)
In section 1A (alteration of salaries), in subsection (1), after “section 1(1),”

insert “(2)(a) or (b),”.’.

Sajid Javid

43


Schedule  11,  page  55,  line  10,  leave out ‘Section 1’ and insert ‘Sections 1 and

3(1)’.

Sajid Javid

21


Clause  31,  page  15,  line  32,  leave out ‘the state pension age link’ and insert ‘such

provision’.



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