Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill

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Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill

This is the text of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill, as amended in Committee in the House of Commons and printed on 7th March 2000.

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I

CHILD SUPPORT

Maintenance calculations and interim and default maintenance decisions

Clause

1. Maintenance calculations and terminology.

2. Applications under section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991.

3. Applications by persons claiming or receiving benefit.

4. Default and interim maintenance decisions.

Applications for a variation

5. Departure from usual rules for calculating maintenance.

6. Applications for a variation: further provisions.

7. Variations: revision and supersession.

Revision and supersession of decisions

8. Revision of decisions.

9. Decisions superseding earlier decisions.

Appeals

10. Appeals to appeal tribunals.

11. Redetermination of appeals.

Information

12. Information required by Secretary of State.

13. Information- offences.

14. Inspectors.

Parentage

15. Presumption of parentage in child support cases.

Disqualification from driving

16. Disqualification from driving.

17. Civil imprisonment: Scotland.

Financial penalties

18. Financial penalties.

19. Reduced benefit decisions.

Miscellaneous

20. Voluntary payments.

21. Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit.

22. Jurisdiction.

23. Abolition of the child maintenance bonus.

24. Periodical reviews.

25. Regulations.

26. Amendments.

27. Temporary compensation payment scheme.

28. Pilot schemes.

29. Interpretation, transitional provisions, savings, etc.

PART II

PENSIONS

CHAPTER I

STATE PENSIONS

State second pension

30. Earnings from which pension derived.

31. Calculation.

32. Revaluation.

33. Rebates.

34. Supplementary.

Earnings factors

35. Revaluation of earnings factors.

36. Modification of earnings factors.

Other provisions

37. Home responsibilities protection.

38. Sharing of state scheme rights.

39. Disclosure of state pension information.

CHAPTER II

OCCUPATIONAL AND PERSONAL PENSION SCHEMES

Selection of trustees and of directors of corporate trustees

40. Member-nominated trustees.

41. Corporate trustees.

42. Employer's proposals for selection of trustees or directors.

43. Non-compliance in relation to arrangements or proposals.

Winding-up of schemes

44. Information to be given to the Authority.

45. Modification of scheme to secure winding-up.

46. Reports about winding-up.

47. Directions for facilitating winding-up.

Other provisions

48. Information for members of schemes etc.

49. Investigations by the Ombudsman.

50. Prohibition on different rules for overseas residents etc.

51. Miscellaneous amendments and alternative to anti-franking rules.

CHAPTER III

WAR PENSIONS

52. Rights of appeal.

53. Time limit for appeals.

54. Matters relevant on appeal to Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

55. Constitution and procedure of Pensions Appeal Tribunals.

56. Composition of central advisory committee.

PART III

SOCIAL SECURITY

Loss of benefit

57. Loss of benefit for breach of community order.

58. Loss of joint-claim jobseeker's allowance.

59. Information provision.

60. Loss of benefit regulations.

61. Appeals relating to loss of benefit.

Investigation powers

62. Investigation powers.

Housing benefit and council tax benefit etc.

63. Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals.

64. Discretionary financial assistance with housing.

65. Grants towards cost of discretionary housing payments.

66. Recovery of housing benefit.

Child benefit

67. Child benefit disregards.

Social Security Advisory Committee

68. Social Security Advisory Committee.

PART IV

NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS

69. Contributions in respect of benefits in kind: Great Britain.

70. Third party providers of benefits in kind: Great Britain.

71. Collection etc. of NICs: Great Britain.

72. Contributions in respect of benefits in kind: Northern Ireland.

73. Third party providers of benefits in kind: Northern Ireland.

74. Collection etc. of NICs: Northern Ireland.

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Miscellaneous

75. Tests for determining parentage.

76. Declarations of status.

Supplemental

77. Expenses.

78. Repeals.

79. Commencement and transitional provisions.

80. Short title and extent.

SCHEDULES:

    Schedule 1 - Substituted Part I of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991.

    Schedule 2 - Substituted Schedules 4A and 4B to the 1991 Act.

    Part I - Substituted Schedule 4A.

    Part II - Substituted Schedule 4B.

    Schedule 3 - Amendment of enactments relating to child support.

    Schedule 4 - Additional pension.

    Part I - The amount.

    Part II - Surplus earnings factor.

    Part III - Contracted-out employment etc.

    Part IV - Other cases.

    Schedule 5 - Pensions: miscellaneous amendments and alternative to anti-franking rules.

    Part I - Miscellaneous amendments.

    Part II - Alternative to anti-franking rules.

    Schedule 6 - Social security investigation powers.

    Schedule 7 - Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals.

    Schedule 8 - Declarations of status: consequential amendments.

    Schedule 9 - Repeals and revocations.

    Part I - Child support.

    Part II - Occupational and personal pension schemes.

    Part III - War pensions.

    Part IV - Loss of benefit.

    Part V - Investigation powers.

    Part VI - Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.

    Part VII - NICs in respect of benefits in kind.

    Part VIII - Tests for determining parentage and declarations of status.

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Prepared 10 March 2000