House of Lords Amendments - Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill

Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords - continued	House of Lords
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	Clause 72
	BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL THE LORD ADDINGTON
185	Page 77, line 22, leave out from ("worker")") to ("and") in line 26 and insert ("would have been an employed earner of a business carried on by another person to which he provides services ("the client") had he contracted direct with the client,")
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
186	Page 77, line 28, leave out ("a contract between the client and a third party,") and insert ("arrangements involving a third person (and not referable to any contract between the client and the worker),")
	BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL
187*	Page 77, line 29, at end insert ("and (c) the client would have been liable to pay secondary class 1 contributions on any relevant payments on benefits if those services had been performed under a contract between the client and the worker, such")
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
188	Page 77, line 33, leave out from ("his") to end of line 34
189	Page 77, leave out lines 35 to 39 and insert-- ("(2) For the purposes of this section-- (a) the intermediary" means-- (i) the third person mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above, or (ii) where the third person does not have such a contractual or other relationship with the worker as may be specified, any other person who has both such a relationship with the worker and such a direct or indirect contractual or other relationship with the third person as may be specified; and (b) a person may be the intermediary despite being-- (i) a person with whom the worker holds any office or employment, or (ii) a body corporate, unincorporated body or partnership of which the worker is a member; and subsection (1) above applies whether or not the client is a person with whom the worker holds any office or employment.")
190	Page 77, line 44, leave out ("relevant payments or benefits,") and insert ("the specified amount of relevant payments or benefits (the worker's "attributable earnings"),")
191	Page 77, line 45, leave out ("client") and insert ("intermediary")
192	Page 77, line 46, leave out ("client") and insert ("intermediary")
193	Page 77, line 47, leave out from ("of") to end of line 2 on page 78 and insert ("the worker's attributable earnings;")
194	Page 78, line 6, leave out from ("of") to ("period") in line 8 and insert ("the worker's attributable earnings for any specified")
195	Page 78, line 9, at end insert-- ("( ) for aggregating any such amount, for purposes relating to contributions, with other earnings of the worker during any such period; ( ) for determining the date by which contributions payable in respect of the worker's attributable earnings are to be paid and accounted for;")
196	Page 78, line 20, leave out ("third party") and insert ("intermediary")
197	Page 78, line 27, at end insert ("persons, whether-- (i)")
198	Page 78, line 30, after ("1988)") insert (", or (ii) persons of any other specified description,")
199	Page 78, line 38, at end insert-- ("( ) Regulations made in pursuance of subsection (3)(c) above may, in particular, make provision-- (a) for the making of a deduction of a specified amount in respect of general expenses of the intermediary as well as deductions in respect of particular expenses incurred by him; (b) for securing reductions in the amount of the worker's attributable earnings on account of-- (i) any secondary Class 1 contributions already paid by the intermediary in respect of actual earnings of the worker, and (ii) any such contributions that will be payable by him in respect of the worker's attributable earnings.")
200	Page 78, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page 79
	BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL
201	Page 78, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page 79 and insert-- ("(5) Regulations under this section shall provide a right for the worker or the client to apply for a ruling from the Inland Revenue as to whether the relevant payments or benefits are to any extent to be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his. (5A) If no ruling is given on an application under subsection (5) within 4 weeks after the Inland Revenue has been supplied with all relevant information which may be required under regulations, relevant payments or benefits shall not be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his between the end of that period and the giving of the ruling by the Inland Revenue.")
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
202	Page 79, line 18, leave out ("third party") and insert ("intermediary")
203	Page 79, leave out lines 23 to 27
	BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL THE LORD ADDINGTON THE LORD HIGGINS
204	Leave out Clause 72
	Clause 76
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
205	Page 82, line 7, after ("State") insert ("or the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland")
206	Page 82, line 12, after ("State;") insert-- ("( ) the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;")
207	Page 82, line 13, leave out ("his") and insert ("either of them")
	Clause 79
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
208	Page 83, line 26, after ("orders") insert ("(other than orders under section 68(2))")
209	Page 84, line 25, after (" 56") insert ("or 75")
210	Page 84, line 26, at end insert-- ("( ) Without prejudice to the generality of any of the preceding provisions of this section, regulations under section 56 or 68 may provide for all or any of the provisions of the regulations to apply only in relation to any area or areas specified in the regulations.")
211	Page 84, line 31, leave out ("person") and insert ("authority")
212	Page 84, line 32, leave out ("person") and insert ("authority")
213	Page 84, line 33, leave out ("he, or they,") and insert ("the authority, or the authority and the Treasury,")
	Clause 80
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
214	Page 85, line 3, leave out paragraph (c)
	Schedule 12
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
215	Page 142, line 41, leave out from ("court") to ("make") in line 42 and insert ("shall not, in the same proceedings,")
216	Page 142, line 44, leave out ("nor (b)") and insert-- ("(5) Where, as regards a pension arrangement, the parties to a marriage have in effect a qualifying agreement which contains a term relating to pension sharing, the court shall not-- (a) make an order under section 12A(2) or (3) of this Act; or (b) make a pension sharing order, relating to the arrangement unless it also sets aside the agreement or term under section 16(1)(b) of this Act. (6) The court shall not")
217	Page 143, line 2, at end insert-- ("(7) In subsection (5) above-- (a) term relating to pension sharing" shall be construed in accordance with section 16(2A) of this Act; and (b) qualifying agreement" has the same meaning as in section 25(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999."")
218	Page 143, leave out lines 17 to 24
219	Page 144, line 22, after ("or") insert ("sets aside or")
220	Page 145, line 26, at end insert--
	("Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)
	12A. In section 659D(2) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, for "24(1)" there is substituted "25(1)".")
221	Page 146, line 27, after ("paragraph") insert ("(a)")
222	Page 147, line 34, after ("after") insert (""this")
	BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
223	Page 147, line 43, at end insert-- (" .--(1) Section 111 (voluntary contributions) is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (3), there is inserted-- (4) This section does not apply to a member who is a pension credit member."")
	BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM
224	Page 148, line 6, after ("Part") insert ("III or")
225	Page 148, line 14, at end insert-- (" . In section 183(3), for "and 97(1)" there is substituted ", 97(1) and 101I".")
226	Page 153, line 46, after ("(1)(a)") insert ("and")
227	Page 153, line 46, leave out ("and (2C)(c)(i)")
228	Page 155, line 9, at end insert-- ("(17) At the end of Part I insert--
	The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
	43A. In section (Charges by pension arrangements in relation to earmarking orders) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (charges by pension arrangements in relation to earmarking orders), for "section 23" substitute "section 22A or 23"."")
229	Page 155, line 26, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
230	Page 155, line 35, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
231	Page 155, line 43, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
232	Page 156, line 4, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
233	Page 156, line 19, after ("creditors") insert ("("the")
234	Page 156, line 21, after ("of") insert ("the")
235	Page 156, line 24, leave out ("does not represent excessive contributions") and insert ("is not recoverable")
236	Page 156, line 27, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
237	Page 156, leave out lines 47 and 48
238	Page 157, line 18, leave out ("on the debtor's estate")
239	Page 157, line 21, leave out ("debtor") and insert ("transferee")
240	Page 157, line 24, leave out ("debtor") and insert ("transferee")
241	Page 157, line 31, leave out ("36C(1)") and insert ("36F(1)")
242	Page 157, line 38, leave out ("lesser") and insert ("smallest")
243	Page 157, line 40, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
244	Page 157, line 41, after ("contributions,") insert-- ("( ) so much (if any) of the amount of the unfair contributions (within the meaning given by section 36D(6)) as is not recoverable by way of an order under section 36A of this Act containing provision such as is mentioned in section 36B(1)(a),")
245	Page 157, line 47, leave out ("on the debtor's estate")
246	Page 158, line 12, leave out ("on the debtor's estate")
247	Page 159, line 23, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
248	Page 159, line 31, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
249	Page 159, line 35, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
250	Page 159, line 51, after ("creditors") insert ("("the")
251	Page 160, line 2, after ("of") insert ("the")
252	Page 160, line 5, leave out ("does not represent excessive contributions") and insert ("is not recoverable")
253	Page 160, line 8, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
254	Page 161, line 24, leave out ("lesser") and insert ("smallest")
255	Page 161, line 26, leave out ("represents excessive contributions") and insert ("is recoverable")
256	Page 161, line 26, after ("contributions,") insert-- ("( ) so much (if any) of the amount of the unfair contributions (within the meaning given by section 342D(5)) as is not recoverable by way of an order under section 342A containing provision such as is mentioned in section 342B(1)(a),")
257	Page 163, line 27, leave out ("section 342C(7)") and insert ("sections 342C(7) and 342F(9)")
258	Page 164, leave out line 22 and insert-- ("77. The Administration Act has effect subject to the following amendments. 77A. After section 140E insert--")
259	Page 164, line 43, at end insert-- ("77AA. In section 170(5) (enactments conferring functions in respect of which Social Security Advisory Committee is to advise)-- (a) in the definition of "the relevant enactments", after paragraph (ad) insert-- (ae) sections 56, 68 and 75 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;"; and (b) in the definition of "the relevant Northern Ireland enactments", after paragraph (ad) insert-- (ae) any provisions in Northern Ireland which correspond to sections 56, 68 and 75 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;".")
260	Page 164, line 43, at end insert-- ("77AAA. In section 189 (regulations and orders--general), after subsection (7) insert-- (7A) Without prejudice to the generality of any of the preceding provisions of this section, regulations under any of sections 2A to 2C and 7A above may provide for all or any of the provisions of the regulations to apply only in relation to any area or areas specified in the regulations.")
261	Page 164, line 43, at end insert-- ("77B. In section 190 (Parliamentary control of orders and regulations), in subsection (1) (instruments subject to the affirmative procedure), before the "or" at the end of paragraph (a) insert-- (aa) the first regulations to be made under section 2A;"")
262	Page 165, line 27, at end insert--
	("Social Security Act 1998 (c.14)
	81. In Schedule 2 to the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions against which no appeal lies), after paragraph 5 insert--
	Work-focused interviews
	5A. A decision terminating or reducing the amount of a person's benefit made in consequence of any decision made under regulations under section 2A of the Administration Act (work-focused interviews)." ")



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