Amendments proposed to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

249

Clause     40,     page     45,     line     31,     leave out 'not'.

   

Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

250

Clause     40,     page     45,     line     37,     at end add—

    '(6) The Secretary of State shall make regulations to provide for an appeal procedure to resolve questions relating to reasonable excuse and the provision of information relating thereto which may arise from the operation of subsection (5) above.'.

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Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

186

Clause     42,     page     46,     line     46,     at end insert—

'(d) give every party to a complaint and every person against whom allegations are made in the complaint an opportunity to make oral representations to the Pensions Ombudsman where such oral representation shall be limited to a maximum period of one hour for each party or person unless in exceptional cases where the Pensions Ombudsman deems that additional time is required.'.

   

Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

185

Clause     42,     page     47,     line     28,     after 'Ombudsman', insert '(subject to the Ombudsman ensuring suitable remuneration for such other person who may be appointed by him where such person is not a party to the complaint or the investigation).'.

   

Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

184

Clause     42,     page     47,     line     32,     after 'legal', insert 'and actuarial'.

   

Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

187

Clause     42,     page     47,     line     35,     at end insert—

'(e) for the payment of some pre-emptive costs out of funds held for the purposes of the scheme to which the complaint or reference relates to be decided by OPAS.'.

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Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

299

Schedule     4,     page     82,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(6A) If in accordance with paragraph (2) above,

(a) the Authority have informed any person requesting such information that a particular person is disqualified from being a trustee of any trust scheme, and

(b) following a review, appeal or legal proceedings, the disqualification is revoked,

    the Authority shall inform in writing the person to whom the information was given that the disqualification has been revoked, stating whether the revocation applies retrospectively or from a specified date.'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

310

Schedule     4,     page     85,     line     15,     leave out from 'which' to end of line 17 and insert 'attributing an amount of benefits equal to the amount computed in accordance with Step 2 to rights accruing before 6th April 1997 would leave any such rights unused;'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

311

Schedule     4,     page     85,     line     20,     leave out from 'rights' to end of line 22 and insert 'accruing before 6th April 1997 (if any) which, applying the determination in Step 3, would be left unused after the attribution of the amount mentioned in that Step to rights so accruing'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

312

Schedule     4,     page     85,     line     36,     leave out second 'and'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

313

Schedule     4,     page     85,     line     39,     leave out 'the year' and insert 'whichever is the earlier of—

    (i) the final relevant tax year, and

    (ii) the tax year immediately preceding that'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

314

Schedule     4,     page     85,     line     41,     at end insert 'and

(c) that no increases in accordance with any provision included in the scheme by virtue of section 16(3) of that Act (increases of weekly equivalent for person leaving contracted-out service before final relevant year) are to be made for any year after the tax year immediately preceding that in which the member in question left service that qualified him for salary-related benefits under the scheme.'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

287

Schedule     4,     page     87,     line     28,     leave out from 'from' to 'or' in line 29 and insert '"or Part III" to "1999" there shall be substituted ", Part III or IV of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999'.

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Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

158

Clause     44,     page     48,     line     37,     leave out 'on that ground'.

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Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

260

Clause     45,     page     49,     line     13,     leave out subsection (1).

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

261

Clause     45,     page     49,     line     36,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

262

Clause     45,     page     49,     line     41,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

263

Clause     45,     page     49,     line     44,     leave out subsection (6).

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Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

264

Clause     47,     page     50,     line     24,     leave out 'and other persons' and insert 'a service member and a person with knowledge of disabilities.'.

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

265

Clause     47,     page     50,     line     39,     leave out from 'Chancellor' to the end of line 40 and insert 'to appoint as lay members of the Tribunal'.

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

266

Clause     47,     page     50,     line     41,     leave out from 'persons' to 'and' in line 42 and insert 'of similar rank and with a similar service history;'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes
Mr Richard Burden

282

Clause     47,     page     51,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '( ) The Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals for any part of the United Kingdom shall carry out such of the functions of the President for that part of the United Kingdom as that President assigns to him.'.

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Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

267

Clause     48,     page     52,     line     17,     leave out 'one' and insert 'three'.

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Desmond Swayne

268

Clause     48,     page     52,     line     20,     leave out 'one person from one of the' and insert 'three people from war pensions'.

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Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

159

Clause     49,     page     52,     line     26,     after 'with', insert 'any of'.

   

Mrs Jacqui Lait
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Desmond Swayne

297

Clause     49,     page     53,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(5A) Where the relevant benefit is the additional pension in a widowed parent's allowance or bereavement allowance under section 39C of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or a Category A retirement pension payable under section 45 of that Act, no restriction shall apply unless the offender has been convicted of one or more offences specified in section 92(4) of the Pensions Act 1995.'.

   

Mr Jeff Rooker
Angela Eagle
Mr Kevin Hughes

300

Clause     49,     page     54,     line     11,     at end insert—

    '(11) In the application to Scotland of this section—

(a) in subsection (1)—

    (i) in paragraph (a), for "information is laid before a justice of the peace" substitute "proceedings are commenced on the grounds",

    (ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—

"(b) the Secretary of State is notified in accordance with an Act of Adjournal made under section 51 that the proceedings have been commenced";

(b) for subsection (6) substitute—

    "(6) Where—
(a) proceedings against the offender for failure to comply with a relevant community order are discontinued, or
(b) a court makes a determination that the failure to comply with respect to which the proceedings were commenced either—
    (i) did not take place, or
    (ii) in the case of a community service order, is a failure for which there is a reasonable excuse,

    all such payments and other adjustments shall be made as would be necessary if the restrictions imposed by or under this section in respect of those proceedings had not been imposed."

(c) in subsection (8) for "laying of the information" substitute "commencement of the proceedings"; and

(d) in subsection (9)—

    (i) in the definition of relevant benefit, paragraph (d) does not apply in the case of any payment made by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers; and

    (ii) in the definition of relevant community order, for paragraphs (c) to (e) substitute—

"(c) such other description of order made under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section; or

(d) any order falling in Scotland to be treated as an order specified in paragraphs (a) to (c).",

    and, for the purposes of this section and sections 50 and 51, proceedings for failure to comply with a relevant community order are commenced when a court issues, under section 232(1) (probation) or 239(4) (community service) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, a warrant to arrest the offender or to cite him to appear before the court.'.

Prepared 15 Feb 2000