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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus |
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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance |
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| Public Service Pensions Bill
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| Schedule 4, page 28, line 36, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 31, line 45, after ‘if’, insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | it is an injury or compensation scheme (within the meaning of the Public |
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| | Service Pensions Act 2013), or |
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| Schedule 4, page 32, line 31, after ‘if’, insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | it is an injury or compensation scheme (within the meaning of the Public |
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| | Service Pensions Act 2013), or |
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| Schedule 4, page 35, line 10, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 35, line 26, leave out ‘section 113 of the Pension Schemes Act |
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| 1993’ and insert ‘section 109 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993’. |
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| Clause 7, page 4, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | A scheme under section 1 which replaces a defined benefit scheme may only be |
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| | established as a defined benefits scheme.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 1, after ‘Treasury’, insert ‘reasonably’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 6, leave out ‘negative’ and insert ‘affirmative’. |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | those members of public service pension schemes to be exempted from |
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| | the operation of subsection (1) as a result of scheme specific capability |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | A person’s normal or deferred pension age under a scheme under section 1 will |
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| | not change by operation of this section unless 10 years’ or more notice of the |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4B) | The link between the state pension age and a person’s normal or deferred pension |
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| | age shall be regularly and independently reviewed to ensure that the link remains |
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| | appropriate in light of scheme members’ longevity.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 7, after ‘section 1’, insert ‘which is a defined benefits |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Treasury directions under subsection (2) shall take into account the individual |
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| | nature of each of the different funded schemes that make provision for local |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 24, at end add— |
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| | ‘( ) | Scheme regulations for a scheme under section 1 which is not a defined benefits |
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| | scheme may provide for actuarial valuations to be made of the scheme and any |
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| | statutory pension scheme which is connected with it; and if they do, subsections |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 24, at end add ‘and with the written approval of the |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, after ‘section 1’, insert ‘which is a defined benefits |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | Treasury directions under subsection (3) may only be made after consultation |
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| | with the persons or representatives of the persons who appear to the Treasury to |
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| | be likely to be affected by the employer cost cap.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 15, at end insert ‘provided that they do not have the effect |
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| of reducing members’ accrued benefits.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 19, leave out ‘negative’ and insert ‘affirmative’. |
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| Clause 12, page 7, line 26, leave out ‘scheme’ and insert ‘pension fund’. |
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| Clause 12, page 7, line 27, at end insert ‘, so far as relating to the pension fund’. |
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| Clause 12, page 7, line 29, at end insert ‘or, where a pension scheme consists of |
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| more than one fund, separate actuarial valuations of each fund.’. |
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| Clause 16, page 9, line 33, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The closing date is 5 April 2015 subject to subsection (7).’. |
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| Schedule 5, page 38, leave out lines 34 to 40. |
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| Schedule 5, page 40, line 3, at end insert ‘and compensation benefits’. |
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| Schedule 6, page 41, line 26, at end insert ‘and compensation benefits’. |
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| Schedule 7, page 42, line 23, at end insert ‘and |
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| | (iii) | the definition of pensionable earnings under the new scheme |
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| | will be the same definition as under the old scheme.’. |
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| Clause 20, page 11, line 11, leave out ‘significant’. |
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| Clause 20, page 11, line 35, at end insert ‘or in the case of the Local Government |
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| Pension Scheme the period of 26 years beginning with 1 April 2014’. |
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| Clause 20, page 11, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | the scheme’s definition of pensionable earnings; |
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| | (f) | early retirement rights.’. |
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| Clause 20, page 11, line 41, leave out subsection (6). |
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| Clause 21, page 12, line 5, leave out ‘significant’. |
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| Clause 21, page 12, line 7, at beginning insert ‘Unless otherwise stated in this Act’. |
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| Clause 23, page 12, line 40, at end insert ‘provided that the payment of pension and |
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| other benefits under this section does not limit the obligations under schemes under |
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| section 1 to provide members with all the benefits set out in the scheme regulations.’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 44, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | ‘20C | A pension payable under a scheme made by the Scottish Ministers under |
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| | section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 by virtue of section 1(2)(d) |
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| | of that Act (teachers).”’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 44, line 41, at end insert— |
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| | ‘22B | A pension payable under a scheme made by the Scottish Ministers under |
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| | section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 by virtue of section 1(2)(e) |
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| | of that Act (health service workers).”’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 45, leave out lines 6 to 21. |
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| Schedule 8, page 45, leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert— |
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| | ‘“39A | A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State or the |
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| | Scottish Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(c) of |
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| | that Act (local government workers).”’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 45, leave out lines 27 to 30 and insert— |
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| | ‘“43A | A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State or Scottish |
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| | Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(g) of that Act |
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| | | In the case of a scheme made by the Secretary of State, this paragraph does |
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| | include a pension referred to in paragraph 15B above.”’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 45, leave out lines 32 to 35 and insert— |
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| | ‘“44A | A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by the Secretary of State, Scottish |
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| | Ministers or Welsh Ministers under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section |
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| | 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 |
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| | include a pension referred to in paragraph 16B above.”’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 46, leave out lines 25 to 28 and insert— |
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| | ‘“14B | A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by a Northern Ireland department |
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| | under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(c) of that Act (local |
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| Schedule 8, page 46, leave out lines 30 to 33 and insert— |
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| | ‘“16A | A pension payable under a defined benefits scheme, within the meaning of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013, made by a Northern Ireland department |
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| | under section 1 of that Act by virtue of section 1(2)(f) of that Act (fire and |
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| Schedule 8, page 48, leave out lines 30 to 33 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(fb) | a committee of a relevant authority which is the scheme manager (or |
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| | scheme manager and pension board) of a scheme under section 1 of the |
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| | Public Service Pensions Act 2013;”.’. |
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| Schedule 8, page 49, line 42, at end insert— |
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| | ‘Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) |
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| | 29A(1) | Section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (pension rights of persons |
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| | whose salaries are paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund) is amended as |
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| | (2) | The existing provision is numbered as subsection (1). |
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| | (3) | After that subsection there is inserted— |
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| | “(2) | Where pensions, allowances and gratuities to or in respect of persons |
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| | whose salaries are paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund are |
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| | payable otherwise than under subsection (1), sums in respect of those |
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| | benefits may with the approval of the Secretary of State be paid out of |
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| Clause 28, page 14, line 21, after ‘body’, insert ‘final salary’. |
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