House of Lords Amendments - Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill

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After Clause 1

BY THE LORD FREEMAN
[In substitution to the amendment to After Clause 1 printed on sheet HL Bill 62(a)]

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Membership of a stakeholder pension scheme should not preclude membership of an occupational pension scheme provided by the same employer.") Membership of stakeholder and occupational pension scheme.

Clause 3

BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS ANELAY OF ST JOHNS
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
[In substitution for the first amendment to Clause 3 printed on sheet HL Bill 62(a)]

     Page 3, line 25, at end insert--

    ("(  )  The first requirement is that the employer shall confirm with the Department of Social Security that the stakeholder pension scheme he proposes to designate is the most appropriate form of pension provision for his employees.")

After Clause 18

BY THE BARONESS STRANGE

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .--(1)  In determining whether a pension is payable to a person as a widow under any of the enactments in subsection (2), no account may be taken of the fact that the widow has remarried or is living together as husband and wife with a person of the opposite sex.

    (2)  The enactments referred to in subsection (1) are-- War pensions for widows: entitlement.

(a)  the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983, and any order re-enacting the provisions of that order,
S.I. 1983/883.

(b)  the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983, and any subsequent scheme made under the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939,
S.I. 1983/686.
1939 c. 82.

(c)  any scheme made under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939 or the Polish Resettlement Act 1947 applying the provisions of any such order as is referred to in paragraph (a),
1939 c. 83.
1947 c. 19.

(d)  the order made under section 1(5) of the Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Ulster Defence Regiment.")
1969 c. 65.

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	After Clause 1
	BY THE LORD FREEMAN [In substitution to the amendment to After Clause 1 printed on sheet HL Bill 62(a)]
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Membership of a stakeholder pension scheme should not preclude membership of an occupational pension scheme provided by the same employer.")		Membership of stakeholder and occupational pension scheme.
	Clause 3
	BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE BARONESS ANELAY OF ST JOHNS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER [In substitution for the first amendment to Clause 3 printed on sheet HL Bill 62(a)]
	Page 3, line 25, at end insert-- ("( ) The first requirement is that the employer shall confirm with the Department of Social Security that the stakeholder pension scheme he proposes to designate is the most appropriate form of pension provision for his employees.")
	After Clause 18
	BY THE BARONESS STRANGE
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" .--(1) In determining whether a pension is payable to a person as a widow under any of the enactments in subsection (2), no account may be taken of the fact that the widow has remarried or is living together as husband and wife with a person of the opposite sex. (2) The enactments referred to in subsection (1) are--		War pensions for widows: entitlement.
	(a) the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983, and any order re-enacting the provisions of that order,		S.I. 1983/883.
	(b) the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983, and any subsequent scheme made under the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939,		S.I. 1983/686. 1939 c. 82.
	(c) any scheme made under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939 or the Polish Resettlement Act 1947 applying the provisions of any such order as is referred to in paragraph (a),		1939 c. 83. 1947 c. 19.
	(d) the order made under section 1(5) of the Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Ulster Defence Regiment.")		1969 c. 65.