S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 11th March 2004
STANDING COMMITTEE B
PENSIONS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee[9th March 2004].
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
137
Clause 20, page 12, line 14, leave out 'interests' and insert 'rights'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
138
Clause 20, page 12, leave out lines 16 and 17.
Malcolm Wicks
19
Clause 20, page 12, line 17, after 'section 104)' insert 'in relation to the scheme'.
Malcolm Wicks
20
Clause 20, page 12, line 30, after 'behalf of' insert 'the employer,'.
Malcolm Wicks
21
Clause 20, page 13, line 3, leave out 'they' and insert 'the amounts paid out from the scheme in respect of the transfers or transfer payments'.
Malcolm Wicks
22
Clause 20, page 13, line 4, after 'and' insert 'the transfers or transfer payments'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
139
Clause 20, page 13, line 6, leave out paragraph (g).
Malcolm Wicks
23
Clause 20, page 13, line 9, leave out 'For the purposes of' and insert 'In'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
140
Clause 20, page 13, line 15, leave out subsection (6).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
141
Clause 20, page 13, line 34, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
142
Clause 21, page 13, line 42, leave out subsection (2).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
143
Clause 21, page 14, line 40, leave out subsection (8).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
144
Clause 22, page 15, line 4, leave out subsection (3).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
145
Clause 22, page 15, line 6, leave out subsection (4).
Malcolm Wicks
24
Clause 22, page 15, line 7, after 'sections' insert '[Effect of determination to wind up scheme on freezing order],'.
Malcolm Wicks
25
Clause 24, page 15, line 33, at end insert—
'( ) If the trustees or managers of a scheme fail to comply with a direction to them contained in an order under this section, section 10 of the 1995 Act (civil penalties) applies to any trustee or manager who has failed to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
146
Clause 24, page 15, line 34, leave out subsection (4).
Malcolm Wicks
26
Clause 24, page 15, line 34, leave out 'Section 10 of the 1995 Act (civil penalties) applies to a' and insert 'That section also applies to any other'.
Malcolm Wicks
27
Clause 26, page 16, line 15, leave out paragraph (a).
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
147
Clause 27, page 17, line 20, leave out 'as soon as reasonably practicable' and insert 'within 48 hours'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
148
Clause 27, page 17, line 33, leave out subsection (5).
Malcolm Wicks
28
Clause 27, page 17, line 33, leave out from 'If' to 'who' in line 35 and insert 'the trustees or managers of a scheme fail to comply with a direction to them contained in an order made under subsection (3), section 10 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26) (civil penalties) applies to any trustee or manager'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
149
Clause 28, page 17, line 40, leave out 'any enactment or rule of law, or any'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
151
Clause 29, page 18, line 17, at end insert 'forthwith.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
152
Clause 29, page 18, line 20, at end insert—
'( ) Alternatively, any person prohibited under this section may apply to the high court for judicial review of the decision.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
150
Clause 29, page 18, line 29, leave out subsection (5).
Malcolm Wicks
29
Clause 30, page 18, line 40, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
| '(a) | after subsection (1)(a) insert— |
| "(aa) | pending consideration being given to the institution of proceedings against him for an offence involving dishonesty or deception,",'. |
Malcolm Wicks
30
Clause 30, page 19, line 4, leave out sub-paragraph (i) and insert—
| '(i) | in paragraph (a) after "paragraph (a)" insert "or (aa)",'. |
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
185
Clause 31, page 19, line 40, leave out—
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
186
Clause 31, page 19, line 42, leave out—
| '(c) | partly by the employer and partly out of those resources.'. |
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
187
Page 20, line 1, leave out Clause 32.
Malcolm Wicks
31
Clause 33, page 20, line 13, leave out 'for the purposes of Part 1 of the Pensions Act 1995'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
188
Clause 33, page 20, line 31, leave out subsection (7).
Mr Harry Barnes
162
Clause 34, page 21, line 12, leave out from sub-paragraph (iii).
Mr Harry Barnes
163
Clause 34, page 21, line 27, leave out from '(c. 49)' to end of line 32.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
189
Clause 36, page 22, line 34, at end insert 'save that the register will be open to members of the public during normal working hours, but with the home addresses of individual scheme trustees deleted.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
190
Clause 37, page 23, line 23, leave out 'as soon as reasonably practicable' and insert 'within 28 days'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
191
Clause 37, page 23, line 31, leave out 'as soon as reasonably practicable', and insert 'within 28 days'.
Malcolm Wicks
32
Clause 42, page 25, line 24, leave out 'a' and insert 'an occupational trust'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr George Osborne
Mr Peter Atkinson
Gregory Barker
Mr David Ruffley
192
Clause 42, page 27, line 2, at end insert—
'(11) Where it subsequently appears that a person's particulars are included in a particular list in error, that person should be entitled to claim compensation from the Regulator.'.
