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EnactedRoyal Assentc. 17

Pension Schemes Act 2017

This bill became lawView the statute on acthub →c. 17 · 27 Apr 2017

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Amendments 41

Committee stage — Lords 20

NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out paragraphs (b) and (c)

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3905
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

leave out subsection (2)

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3906
NotMovedClause 8EditBillBody

at end insert— The assessment under subsection (2)(b) of whether a scheme has sufficient financial resources may not take account of resources related to benefits other than money purchase benefits.”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3907
NotMovedClause 8EditBillBody

leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3908
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

leave out paragraph (b)

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3909
WithdrawnClause 7EditBillBody

leave out line 39

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3910
NotMovedClause 7EditBillBody

at end insert— Regulations under this section may require the Pensions Regulator to review from time to time whether the persons mentioned in subsections (2)(a) to (h) and (3)(a) and (b) remain fit and proper persons to act in relation to the relevant scheme in the capacity mentioned.”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3911
NotMovedClause 4EditBillBody

at end insert— the scheme’s policies relating to systems and processes requirements as set out in regulations under section 11;

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake, Lord Monks, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#3914
NotMovedClause 7EditBillBody

leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3946
WithdrawnClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert “under all of the provisions of Part 1”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3966
WithdrawnClause 10EditBillBody

leave out “constituted as a seperate legal entity” and insert “approved by the Pensions Regulator”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#3976
WithdrawnClause 4EditBillBody

at end insert— the scheme’s member engagement strategy.”

Moved: Baroness DrakeSponsor: Lord McKenzie of Luton, Lord Stoneham of Droxford#4012
WithdrawnClause 8AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Scheme funding: triggering events

Moved: Baroness DrakeSponsor: Lord McKenzie of Luton, Lord Stoneham of Droxford#4014
NotMovedClause 5AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Decision on application: regulator’s financial resources

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#4015
WithdrawnClause 4EditBillBody

leave out first “the” and insert “any”

Moved: Lord Flight#4031
NotMovedClause 4EditBillBody

leave out paragraph (d)

Moved: Lord Flight#4032
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert “and is not an AVC only scheme,”

Moved: Lord Flight#4071
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— is not a relevant centralised scheme, and

Moved: Lord Flight#4072
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— ““AVC only scheme” means an occupational pension scheme which provides no money purchase benefits other than benefits which are attributable to additional voluntary contributions;”

Moved: Lord Flight#4073
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— ““relevant centralised scheme” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Member-nominated Trustees and Directors) Regulations 2006;”

Moved: Lord Flight#4074

Report stage — Lords 20

AgreedClause 7EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under subsection (4) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4642
AgreedClause 7EditBillBody

leave out “Regulations under this section” and insert “Any subsequent regulations under subsection (4), and regulations under subsections (2) and (3),”

Moved: Lord Freud#4643
AgreedClause 8EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4644
AgreedClause 8EditBillBody

at beginning insert “Any subsequent”

Moved: Lord Freud#4645
AgreedClause 9EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4646
AgreedClause 9EditBillBody

at beginning insert “Any subsequent”

Moved: Lord Freud#4647
AgreedClause 11EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4648
AgreedClause 11EditBillBody

at beginning insert “Any subsequent”

Moved: Lord Freud#4649
AgreedClause 12EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4650
AgreedClause 12EditBillBody

at beginning insert “Any subsequent”

Moved: Lord Freud#4651
AgreedClause 16EditBillBody

at end insert— The first regulations that are made under subsection (3) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.”

Moved: Lord Freud#4652
AgreedClause 16EditBillBody

leave out “Regulations under this section” and insert “Any subsequent regulations under subsection (3), and regulations under subsection (2),”

Moved: Lord Freud#4653
WithdrawnClause 4EditBillBody

at end insert— the scheme’s member engagement strategy.”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#4656
NotMovedClause 24EditBillBody

at end insert— for the purpose of giving effect to continuity option 1 when the trustees have not been able to identify a Master Trust scheme to which members’ accrued rights and benefits may be transferred;

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#4657
AgreedClause 8AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Scheme funder of last resort

Moved: Baroness DrakeSponsor: Lord McKenzie of Luton, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#4665
WithdrawnClause 10EditBillBody

leave out “as a separate legal entity” and insert “and carry out activities in a manner which enables its financial position and the financial arrangements between it and a Master Trust to be transparent to the Regulator”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#4667
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

leave out subsection (3)

Moved: Lord McKenzie of LutonSponsor: Baroness Drake#4668
WithdrawnClause 23EditBillBody

at end insert “or for a new scheme funder to be put in place in relation to the Master Trust in accordance with regulations under section 24.”

Moved: Lord McKenzie of Luton#4684
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

leave out “only”

Moved: Lord Flight#4702
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert “and are disclosed to the Regulator for the purposes of assessing the scheme funder’s financial sustainability under section 8”

Moved: Lord Flight#4703

3rd reading — Lords 1

AgreedClause 11EditBillBody

at end insert— The regulations may include provision—

Moved: Lord Young of Cookham#5376