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Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2010                  

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Member-nominated trustees

 

1B  (1)  

The trustees of the Fund must make arrangements for the nomination and

 

selection of member-nominated trustees.

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      (2)  

The arrangements must provide for the member-nominated trustees to be—

 

(a)    

nominated as the result of a process in which all the members of a

 

scheme under paragraph 7 and all the members of a scheme under

 

paragraph 11 are eligible to participate, and

 

(b)    

selected as the result of a process in which all those persons are

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eligible to participate.

 

      (3)  

The arrangements must—

 

(a)    

include provision for the nomination and selection process to take

 

place within a reasonable period of any vacancy arising,

 

(b)    

include provision, where a vacancy is not filled because insufficient

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nominations are received, for the nomination and selection process to

 

be repeated at reasonable intervals until the vacancy is filled, and

 

(c)    

include provision that, where the IPSA or the Minister for the Civil

 

Service so requires, a person who is not a member of a scheme under

 

paragraph 7 and is not a member of a scheme under paragraph 11 must

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have the approval of the IPSA or the Minister for the Civil Service to

 

qualify for selection as a member-nominated trustee.

 

      (4)  

The arrangements may include provision that where the number of

 

nominations received is equal to or less than the number of vacancies, the

 

nominees are to be treated as selected (subject to sub-paragraph (3)(c)).

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Remuneration

 

1C  (1)  

The IPSA may provide for remuneration and allowances to be payable to the

 

trustees of the Fund.

 

      (2)  

Any such remuneration and allowances are to be paid from the assets of the

 

Fund.

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Resignation and removal of trustees

 

1D  (1)  

A person appointed as a trustee of the Fund by the IPSA under paragraph

 

1A(1)(a)—

 

(a)    

may resign by giving written notice to the IPSA, and

 

(b)    

may be removed by the IPSA after consulting the Minister for the Civil

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Service and all the other trustees of the Fund.

 

      (2)  

A person appointed as a trustee of the Fund by the Minister for the Civil

 

Service under paragraph 1A(1)(b)—

 

(a)    

may resign by giving written notice to the Minister for the Civil

 

Service, and

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(b)    

may be removed by the Minister for the Civil Service after consulting

 

the IPSA and all the other trustees of the Fund.

 

      (3)  

A person who is a member-nominated trustee—

 

(a)    

may resign by giving written notice to the other trustees of the Fund,

 

and

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(b)    

may be removed by all the other trustees of the Fund acting together.

 

Proceedings

 

1E  (1)  

Subject to any provision contained in a scheme under paragraph 3 because of

 

paragraph 3(1)(c), the trustees of the Fund may determine their own procedure.


 
 

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      (2)  

The validity of any proceedings of the trustees of the Fund is not affected by—

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(a)    

a vacancy among the trustees, or

 

(b)    

a defect in the appointment of a trustee.’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed Amendment (No. 64):—

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  19,  after ‘which’, insert ‘some or’.

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  (b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  36,  after ‘may’, insert ‘with the consent of the Treasury’.

 


 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  90

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  79,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

‘(bb)    

the indemnification of the trustees (and former trustees) of the Fund’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  65

 

Page  79,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘number, qualification and’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  66

 

Page  79,  line  19  [Schedule  7],  at beginning insert—

 

    ‘( )  

The IPSA may make a scheme under paragraph 3 only with the consent of the

 

trustees of the Fund.’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  67

 

Page  79,  line  22  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  68

 

Page  79,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph (a).

 



 
 

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Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  69

 

Page  80,  line  22  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘with the’ to ‘make’ in line 23 and

 

insert ‘relevant consents,’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  70

 

Page  80,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(1A)  

The “relevant consents” means—

 

(a)    

if the result of making the provision is that the amount of the

 

Exchequer contribution in respect of any financial year is less than it

 

otherwise would be, the consent of the Treasury, the Minister for the

 

Civil Service and the trustees of the Fund, and

 

(b)    

otherwise, the consent of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil

 

Service.’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  71

 

Page  80,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  after ‘(a)’ insert ‘(if sub-paragraph (1A)(a) does not

 

apply)’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  72

 

Page  80,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  after ‘Fund,’ insert—

 

‘( )    

the Government Actuary,’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  73

 

Page  81,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  after ‘as’ insert ‘in service as’.

 


 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  94

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  82,  line  6  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘the provision specified in paragraph 24(2)’

 

and insert—

 

‘(i)    

the provision specified in paragraph 21(1), unless with the

 

consent of the trustees of the Fund,

 

(ii)    

the provision specified in paragraph 26, unless with the consent

 

of the trustees of the Fund, and

 

(iii)    

the provision specified in paragraph 24(2)’.

 



 
 

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Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  95

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  83,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  at end insert ‘, except the provisions specified in

 

paragraphs 21(1) and 26 unless with the consent of the trustees of the Fund’.

 


 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  93

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  84,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  after ‘puts’, insert ‘(or might put)’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  74

 

Page  84,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘if’ to end of line 28 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

the trustees of the Fund consent to the new scheme making the

 

provision, and

 

(b)    

the person making the new scheme is satisfied that the consent

 

requirement is met.

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      (4)  

The consent requirement is met if under the new scheme the provision has

 

effect in relation to an accrued right only with the written consent, given in

 

accordance with sub-paragraph (4A), of—

 

(a)    

the person (“P”) in respect of whose service the right has accrued, or

 

(b)    

if P is dead, the persons (“the survivors”) who because of the accrued

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right are entitled, or may become entitled, to a pension or the benefit

 

of any pension.

 

    (4A)  

Consent is given in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it is given after the

 

person making the scheme has given P (or the survivors)—

 

(a)    

information in writing which adequately explains the nature of the

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provision and its effect,

 

(b)    

notice in writing that they may make representations about the

 

provision,

 

(c)    

an adequate opportunity to make such representations, and

 

(d)    

notice in writing that the provision has effect in relation to the accrued

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right only with their written consent.

 

    (4B)  

Consent may be given by a person acting on behalf of P (or the survivors); and

 

the references in sub-paragraph (4A) to P (or the survivors) include a person

 

acting on their behalf.’.


 
 

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As an Amendment to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed Amendment (No. 74):—

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  (a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  10,  leave out ‘pension or the benefit of any pension’ and insert ‘benefit or

 

future benefit payable out of the Fund’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  75

 

Page  84,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(3)(a)’ and insert ‘(4)(a)’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

As Amended, Agreed to  76

 

Page  84,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

“Accrued right”, in relation to a provision of the new scheme, means a right or

 

entitlement to or in respect of a pension or future pension payable out of the

 

Fund which has accrued in respect of service before the provision comes into

 

force.

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      (3)  

If the person in respect of whose service the right or entitlement has accrued is

 

in service when the provision comes into force, the right or entitlement is to be

 

determined as if the person left service immediately before then.’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed Amendment (No. 76):—

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  1,  after second ‘right’, insert ‘(including a contingent right)’.

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  (b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  2,  leave out ‘a pension or future pension’ and insert ‘a benefit or future

 

benefits’.

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to  (c)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Leave out lines 5 to 7.

 



 
 

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Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  77

 

Page  85,  line  4  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  78

 

Page  85,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  79

 

Page  85,  line  12  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraph (6).

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  80

 

Page  85,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

For the purposes of this Schedule “member”—

 

(a)    

in relation to a scheme under paragraph 7, means a person with service

 

as a member of the House of Commons who, in respect of that service,

 

has a right or entitlement under the scheme to a pension or future

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pension payable out of the Fund, and

 

(b)    

in relation to a scheme under paragraph 11 , means a person with

 

service to which that paragraph applies who, in respect of that service,

 

has a right or entitlement under the scheme to a pension or future

 

pension payable out of the Fund.’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed Amendment (No. 80):—

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  (a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  4,  leave out ‘pension or future pension’ and insert ‘benefit or future

 

benefits’.

 

Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  (b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  8,  leave out ‘pension or future pension’ and insert ‘benefit or future

 

benefits’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  81

 

Page  85,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

‘“member-nominated trustee” has the meaning given by paragraph 1A;’.


 
 

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Sir John Butterfill

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Nick Harvey

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  92

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  85,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

‘“trust scheme” has the same meaning as in section 124(1) of the Pensions

 

Act 1995’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  82

 

Page  90,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out from beginning to ‘may’ in line 41 and

 

insert—

 

    ‘(1)  

The existing regulations have effect (subject to any provision in an order under

 

section 89 of this Act)—

 

(a)    

so far as they relate to matters which could be contained in a scheme

 

made by the IPSA under paragraph 3, as if they were a scheme made

 

by the IPSA under that paragraph,

 

(b)    

so far as they relate to matters which could be contained in a scheme

 

made by the IPSA under paragraph 7, as if they were a scheme made

 

by the IPSA under that paragraph, and

 

(c)    

so far as they relate to matters which could be contained in a scheme

 

made by the Minister for the Civil Service under paragraph 11, as if

 

they were a scheme made by the Minister under that paragraph.

 

      (2)  

An order under section 89 or 90 of this Act’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  83

 

Page  91,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘The order’ and insert ‘An order under

 

section 89 or 90 of this Act’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  84

 

Page  91,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘The order’ and insert ‘An order under

 

section 89 or 90 of this Act’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  85

 

Page  91,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  after ‘means’ insert ‘the’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  86

 

Page  91,  line  25  [Schedule  7],  at end insert ‘in force immediately before the date

 

specified in an order made by a Minister of the Crown by statutory instrument.


 
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