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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 24th January 2008

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Pensions Bill Committee 139-70

Public Bill Committee

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Pensions Bill

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

143

Clause  28,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of this amendment is to provide certainty in the content of compliance notices.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

144

Clause  28,  page  11,  line  32,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 143.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

145

Clause  32,  page  14,  line  28,  at end add—

‘(h)	the Secretary of State shall have the power to apportion such amount as

the Secretary of State thinks appropriate of fixed penalty notice payments

for the benefit of qualifying jobholders in circumstances where their

employers are unable to pay the prescribed contributions.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of this amendment is to provide the Secretary of State with powers to direct how mon­

ey raised from fixed penalty notices is allocated between the Regulator and qualifying jobholders.

Notices of Amendments: 24th January 2008

172

Pensions Bill, continued

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

146

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(f)	a notice under section 12 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) (provisions of

information).’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides the Regulator with the power to review notices issued under section 72

of the Pensions Act 2004.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

147

Clause  35,  page  16,  line  17,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment seeks to ensure that persons to whom notices have been issued under section 32

or 33 have a clear and absolute right to appeal their cases to the Tribunal.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

148

Clause  37,  page  16,  line  40,  at end add—

‘(3)	For the purposes of subsection (1), “wilfully” shall be subject to the same

requirement of reasonableness as is generally applied in employment law.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is intended to ensure that the interpretation of what constitutes an offence is pro­

portionate.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

149

Clause  40,  page  17,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

Records required in accordance with subsection (1) may be kept in any

reasonable manner.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of this amendment is to provide flexibility in the methods of record keeping.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

150

Clause  41,  page  17,  line  31,  after ‘such’, insert ‘reasonable’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of this amendment is to prevent unreasonable demands being placed upon a person

required to attend before the Regulator.

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Revised 25 January 2008