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Consultation on pensions uprating (residence outside Great Britain)
Mr Michael Colvin NC6 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) The Secretary of State shall consult with representatives of other countries where persons are resident who are entitled to retirement pensions under Part II or Part III of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 but whose pensions have not been uprated as they would have been had they been resident in Great Britain ("affected pensioners"). (2) Consultation under subsection (1) shall be for the purpose of ascertaining what problems are encountered by affected pensioners, and by what means such problems may be ameliorated. (3) The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on the outcome of his consultations within one year of the passing of this Act.'.
Entitlement to pension uprating (residence outside Great Britain)
Mr Michael Colvin NC7 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be amended as follows. (2) In section 119 (Persons outside Great Britain), at the beginning there shall be inserted "Subject to section 119A". (3) After section 119 there shall be inserted— "Entitlement to pension uprating (residence outside Great Britain) 119A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, no person who is entitled to a retirement pension under Part II or III of this Act shall be disqualified by reason of residence outside Great Britain from any benefit under this Act, or any uprating of any such benefit, if he would have been entitled to such benefit or such uprating if he had instead been resident in Great Britain.".'.
Entitlement to pension uprating (residence outside Great Britain) (phased introduction)
Mr Michael Colvin NC8 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be amended as follows. (2) In section 119 (Persons outside Great Britain), at the beginning there shall be inserted "Subject to section 119A". (3) After section 119, there shall be inserted— "Entitlement to pension uprating (residence outside Great Britain) (phased introduction) 119A—(1) This section applies to any person who is entitled to a retirement pension under Part II or III of this Act and who is disqualified by reason of residence outside Great Britain from a retirement pension under this Act, or any uprating of any such pension (an 'affected pensioner'). (2) There shall be paid to any affected pensioner any uprating of a retirement pension which is payable to any other pensioner under this Act at any date after the passing of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. (3) The Secretary of State shall by regulations made by statutory instrument make provision for a scheme which shall ensure that, within the period of five years after the passing of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, no affected pensioner shall receive a retirement pension of any lesser amount than he would have received if he had been resident in Great Britain throughout the period from which he first became eligible for a retirement pension. (4) So far as practicable, a scheme under subsection (3) above shall ensure that an affected pensioner's retirement pension is increased by an equal amount in each year of the five year period referred to in that subsection.".'.
Pension uprating (Australia and Canada)
Mr Michael Colvin NC9 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) So far as it applies to retirement pensions, Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefits (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 (or any regulation replacing that regulation) shall cease to apply to persons resident in Canada or Australia. (2) This section shall come into force two years after the passing of this Act.'.
Duty as an employer to offer payroll deduction faculty
Mr William Hague NC13 *To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) It shall be the duty of an employer to offer all employees a payroll deduction facility under which he shall, at the request of the employee, deduct contributions to any approved pensions scheme from that employee's remuneration, net of tax. (2) No charge shall be made to any employee or to any approved pensions scheme in connection with the provision of this facility. (3) An approved pensions scheme, for the purposes of this section, means any pensions scheme which shall have been—
Annual report to Parliament
Mr William Hague NC14 *To move the following Clause:—'(1) The Secretary of State shall report annually to Parliament on the operation of the work-focused interviews, with specific reference to—
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Secretary of State shall take into consideration the following—
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Secretary of State shall consult with the following—
(4) The period for any consultation under subsection (3) shall be three months.'.
Mr William Hague 79 *Page 1, line 7, leave out Clauses 1 to 3.
Mr William Hague 83 *Page 2, line 20 [Clause 1], at end add—'(10) Approved Group Personal Pensions shall be deemed to be stakeholder pensions for the purposes of this Part.'.
Mr Secretary Darling 42 Page 2, line 41 [Clause 2], leave out from 'of' to 'if' in line 42 and insert 'a pension scheme which is or has been registered under this section, and section 10 of that Act applies to any person prescribed in relation to such a scheme,'.
Mr Secretary Darling 43 Page 2, line 44 [Clause 2], after 'scheme' insert 'or (as the case may be) while the scheme was so registered he failed to take all such steps as were reasonable to secure that each of those conditions was so fulfilled'.
Mr William Hague 80 *Page 3, line 41 [Clause 3], at end insert—'(5A) The fifth requirement is that the employer shall require a certificate from the designated scheme to the effect that none of his employees will be admitted to membership of that scheme without evidence that that employee has taken independent advice in relation to his pension provision.'.
Mr William Hague 81 *Page 3, line 41 [Clause 3], at end insert—'(5B) The sixth requirement is that, for the purpose of calculating the income tax payable to the Inland Revenue under PAYE in respect of an employee exercising his option under subsection (5) above the employer shall disregard—
provided that the employee shall be given the right to choose between £5,000 per annum and the relevant age-related percentage of earnings.'.
Mr Secretary Darling 44 Page 7, line 34 [Clause 9], at end insert—'( ) If—
section 3 of the Pensions Act 1995 (power of the Regulatory Authority to remove trustees) applies to any trustee of the scheme who has failed to take all such steps as are reasonable to secure compliance.'.
Mr Secretary Darling 28 Page 10, line 36 [Clause 10], at end insert—'( ) If in any case subsection (9)(b) is not complied with—
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