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| Application of certain enactments. |
6. - (1) Sections 46 and 102 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (occupational pension scheme trustees: protection from unfair dismissal and other detriment) shall apply in relation to an employee who is (or is a director of a company which is) a trustee of a scheme designated by his employer under section 3(2) as they apply in relation to an employee who is (or is a director of a company which is) a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme which relates to his employment.
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(2) Section 58 of that Act (occupational pension scheme trustees: time off) shall apply to the employer in relation to a designated scheme as it applies to the employer in relation to a relevant occupational pension scheme.
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(3) Schedule 1 (application of the 1993 and 1995 Acts to registered schemes) shall have effect.
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(4) In this section "relevant occupational pension scheme" has the meaning given by section 46 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
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| Reduced rates of contributions etc: power to specify different percentages. |
7. - (1) An order under section 42B(2) of the 1993 Act (determination and alteration of reduced rates of Class 1 contributions, and rebates, for members of money purchase contracted-out schemes) may specify different percentages in respect of earners by reference to whether the money purchase contracted-out scheme of which the earner is a member is or is not for the time being registered under section 2.
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(2) An order under section 45A(2) of that Act (determination and alteration of minimum contributions to be paid to appropriate personal pension schemes) may-
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(a) specify different percentages in respect of earners by reference to whether the appropriate personal pension scheme of which the earner is a member is or is not for the time being registered under section 2; and |
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(b) specify different percentages in respect of earners by reference to the time when the earner first became a member of the scheme. |
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(3) This section is without prejudice to section 182 of that Act (orders and regulations: general provisions).
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| Interpretation and application of Part I. |
8. - (1) In this Part-
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"the 1993 Act" means the Pension Schemes Act 1993; |
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"the 1995 Act" means the Pensions Act 1995; |
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"the Authority" means the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority; |
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"designated scheme", in relation to an employer, means a scheme designated by him under section 3(2); |
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"occupational pension scheme" and "personal pension scheme" have the meanings given by section 1 of the 1993 Act; |
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"pension scheme" means an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme; |
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"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; |
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"stakeholder pension scheme" shall be construed in accordance with section 1. |
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(2) This Part applies to a pension scheme managed by or on behalf of the Crown as it applies to other pension schemes; and, accordingly, references in this Part to a person in his capacity as a trustee or manager of, or person prescribed in relation to, a pension scheme include the Crown, or a person acting on behalf of the Crown, in that capacity.
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(3) This Part applies to persons employed by or under the Crown in like manner as if such persons were employed by a private person; and references in this Part to a person in his capacity as an employer include the Crown, or a person acting on behalf of the Crown, in that capacity.
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(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any provision of this Part under or by virtue of which a person may be prosecuted for an offence; but such a provision applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
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(5) Nothing in this Part applies to Her Majesty in Her private capacity (within the meaning of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947).
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