Amendments proposed to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Stephen Timms

51

Schedule     2,     page     67,     line     5,     at end insert—

'Supervision by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

     . In section 8(4) of the Pensions Act 1995 (provision which may be contained in orders made by the Authority appointing pension scheme trustees), omit the word "or" at the end of paragraph (a).'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

52

Schedule     2,     page     67,     line     5,     at end insert—

    ' . In section 10 of the Pensions Act 1995 (imposition of civil penalties by the Authority), after subsection (8) insert—

    "(8A) Any penalty recoverable under this section—
(a) shall, if a county court so orders, be recoverable by execution issued from the county court or otherwise as if it were payable under an order of that court; and
(b) may be enforced as if it were an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland."'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

53

Schedule     2,     page     67,     line     22,     at end insert—

'Annual increase in rate of pension

     . In section 54(3) of the Pensions Act 1995 (supplementary provisions about annual increases in pensions), in the definition of "appropriate percentage", for the words from "the revaluation period" onwards substitute "the latest revaluation period specified in the order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (revaluation of accrued pension benefits) which is in force at the time of the increase (expressions used in this definition having the same meaning as in that paragraph),".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

54

Schedule     2,     page     67,     leave out lines 30 and 31 and insert—

'(b) omit the words "continue to".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

55

Schedule     2,     page     67,     line     35,     at end insert—

'Excess assets of wound-up schemes

     . In section 77(5) of the Pensions Act 1995 (penalties for trustees who deal improperly with excess assets of wound-up occupational pension schemes), for "section 3 applies" substitute "sections 3 and 10 apply".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

56

Schedule     2,     page     68,     line     3,     at end insert—

'Pensionable service

     . In section 124(3) of the Pensions Act 1995 (matters to be disregarded in determining "pensionable service"), at the end insert—

    "but, in its application for the purposes of section 51, paragraph (b) does not affect the operation of any rules of the scheme by virtue of which a period of service is to be rounded up or down by a period of less than a month.".'.

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NEW CLAUSES

Obtaining information with respect to compliance with section 3

   

Mr Stephen Timms

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) Any person appearing to the Authority to be a person who holds, or is likely to hold, information which is relevant to the issue whether an employer is complying, or has complied, with the requirements under section 3 must, if required to do so by the Authority by notice in writing, produce any document which is so relevant.

    (2) To comply with subsection (1) the document must be produced in such a manner, at such a place and within such a period as may be specified in the notice.

    (3) Section 100 of the 1995 Act shall have effect as if references to section 98(1) or 99(1)(b) of that Act included references to subsection (1) or section 4(1)(b).

    (4) Sections 101 to 103 of that Act shall have effect as if references which are or include references to section 98 or 99 of that Act included references to this section or section 4.

    (5) In this section and section 4 "document" includes information recorded in any form, and any reference to production of a document, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, is to producing a copy of the information in legible form.'

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Sections 10 and 11: application to Scotland.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) This section shall have effect for the purposes of the application of sections 10 and 11 to Scotland.

    (2) A reference to—

(a) the making of a bankruptcy order against a person is a reference to the award of sequestration on his estate or the making of the appointment on his estate of a judicial factor under section 41 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980;

(b) the estate of a person is a reference to his estate for the purposes of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 or of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, as the case may be;

(c) assignment is a reference to assignation;

(d) a person's trustee in bankruptcy is a reference to his permanent trustee or judicial factor, as the case may be;

(e) the commencement of a person's bankruptcy is a reference to the date of sequestration (within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985) or of the judicial factor's appointment taking effect, as the case may be.

    (3) For paragraph (b) of each of subsections (5) and (7) of section 10 there shall be substituted—

"(b) if later, the date of sequestration (within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985) or of the judicial factor's appointment taking effect, as the case may be." '.

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Meaning of "stakeholder pension scheme"

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    'A pension scheme is a stakeholder pension scheme if an employer provides for an employee a payroll deductions facility to enable payments to be made on the employee's behalf to a pension scheme authorised for this purpose by the Inland Revenue.'.

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Mr Stephen Timms

57

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     20,     column     3,     at beginning insert—

     

'In section 28(1), paragraph (aa) (but not the final "and").'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

58

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     33,     at end insert—

'1993 c. 49.

Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.

In section 51(2A), the words following paragraph (e).'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

59

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     34,     column     3,     at beginning insert—

     

'In section 8(4), the word "or" at the end of paragraph (a).'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

60

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     34,     column     3,     at beginning insert—

     

'In section 58(6)(a), the words "continue to".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

61

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     39,     column     3,     at end insert—

     

'In section 94(3), paragraphs (c) and (e) and the word "and" preceding paragraph (e).'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

62

Schedule     10,     page     105,     line     39,     column     3,     at end insert—

     

'In section 142, subsections (2) and (3), and in subsection (4), paragraph (b) and the word "and" preceding it.'.

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Mr Stephen Timms

63

Clause     74,     page     63,     leave out line 23.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

64

Clause     74,     page     63,     line     29,     leave out 'entries' and insert 'entry'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

65

Clause     74,     page     63,     line     30,     leave out from beginning to second 'and' in line 31.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

66

Clause     74,     page     63,     line     36,     at end insert—

'( ) section (Sections 10 and 11: application to Scotland);'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

67

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     5,     leave out ', 9' and insert 'to 11, 12'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

68

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     6,     leave out '1' and insert '1(1), 3(2)'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

69

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     16,     leave out 'section 55(2A) of'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

70

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     17,     leave out 'section 83 of'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

71

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     24,     leave out '1' and insert '1(1)'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

72

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     28,     leave out from 'the' to second 'the' in line 29 and insert 'entry in Part I of Schedule 10 in respect of'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

73

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     32,     at end insert—

'( ) paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2, and section 14 so far as relating thereto;'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

74

Clause     74,     page     64,     line     34,     leave out 'Part VII of Schedule 10,' and insert 'the following provisions of Schedule 10—

    (i) the entry in Part I in respect of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, and

    (ii) Part VII,'.

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Prepared 9 Mar 1999