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EnactedPension Schemes Act 2021

Proposed amendments

40 amendments across 19 provisions

Clause 1 1

Amendment #52316#52316No decisionAmends text
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Lord Fowler

Clause 8 1

Amendment #52312#52312WithdrawnAmends text
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the impact of a collective money purchase scheme on private and public sector defined benefit schemes.”
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Lord McKenzie of Luton

Clause 9 1

Amendment #52293#52293WithdrawnAmends text
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that the scheme provides for intergenerational fairness among its members, specifically in connection with the amount of benefits paid to pensioners, proposed adjustments to annual benefits and cash equivalent values provided to members wishing to transfer out of the scheme.”
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 11 3

Amendment #53194#53194AgreedAmends text
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leave out “Subsequent regulations under subsection (3)(a), and”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53195#53195AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53283#53283Not movedAmends text
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leave out subsection (8)
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 12 2

Amendment #53192#53192AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (5)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53193#53193AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott

Clause 13 2

Amendment #53190#53190AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (9)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53191#53191AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott

Clause 14 5

Amendment #52219#52219Not movedAmends text
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Regulations under subsection (3) must include provision for the scheme to hold a capital buffer in an amount to be specified by the Secretary of State.”
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Lord Sharkey
Amendment #52315#52315WithdrawnAmends text
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after “scheme”, insert “or by an employer”
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Baroness Drake
Amendment #53188#53188AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (6)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53189#53189AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53288#53288WithdrawnAmends text
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specifying requirements to be met by an employer using or intending to use a qualifying scheme under section 3(3) in respect of the costs under subsection (2) of this section.”
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Baroness Drake

Clause 15 2

Amendment #53186#53186AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (7)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53187#53187AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott

Clause 16 4

Amendment #52392#52392Not movedAmends text
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processes for regular member data accuracy audits, reporting of error rates in member records and reporting on resolution of any errors.”
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Baroness Altmann
Amendment #53184#53184AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (6)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53185#53185AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53290#53290Not movedAmends text
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processes for regular member data accuracy audits, reporting of error rates in member records and reporting on resolution of any errors.”
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Baroness Altmann

Clause 17 2

Amendment #53182#53182AgreedAmends text
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leave out subsection (11)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
Amendment #53183#53183AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The first”
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Baroness Stedman-Scott

Clause 18 3

Amendment #52218#52218WithdrawnAmends text
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leave out subsection (4)
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Lord Sharkey
Amendment #52290#52290Not movedAmends text
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rules for ensuring fairness among all members of the scheme.”
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Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Amendment #52391#52391Not movedAmends text
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rules for determining the risk margin to be applied to adjust the transfer value to be paid in respect of a member who has made an application for cash equivalent to account for long-term risks of the scheme’s underperformance and to mitigate inter-generational risks.”
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Baroness Altmann

Clause 25 1

Amendment #52258#52258WithdrawnAmends text
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If the trustees receive an application under section 95 relating to money purchase benefits that are collective money purchase benefits, the trustees must check that the member or survivor has received appropriate independent advice before—

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Lord Young of Cookham

Clause 27 1

Amendment #53293#53293AgreedAmends text
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leave out “The notice” and insert “Any such notice must include the requirement that trustees make an assessment of the extent to which the scheme is operating in a manner fair to all members and”
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 28 1

Amendment #52314#52314WithdrawnNew clause / schedule
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Insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to notify the Pensions Regulator: fit and proper persons requirement

Only the heading is published via the Bills API — the full text of this new clause/schedule is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Lord Hutton of Furness

Clause 31 1

Amendment #52217#52217Not movedAmends text
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after “concern” insert “or decides to withdraw from the scheme”
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 46 4

Amendment #52289#52289WithdrawnAmends text
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Regulations under subsection (1) must ensure that any information published relating to the scheme must clearly and prominently state that benefits that may be payable under the scheme are only targets and not guaranteed, and that benefits paid may vary, increasing or decreasing from time to time.”
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Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Amendment #52375#52375WithdrawnAmends text
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require information to be made available to the Pensions Regulator relating to actions taken by the scheme to ensure diversity considerations are taken into account in the recruitment of the trustee board with regard to—

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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Amendment #53286#53286WithdrawnAmends text
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require information to be published relating to actions taken by the scheme with regard to how scheme investments take environmental, social, and governance factors into account.”
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Amendment #53287#53287Not movedAmends text
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require information to be published relating to actions taken by the scheme to ensure diversity considerations are taken into account in the recruitment of the trustee board with regard to—

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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

Clause 47 1

Amendment #52216#52216Not movedAmends text
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leave out subsection (5)
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 51 1

Amendment #52215#52215DisagreedRemoves provision
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Lord Sharkey gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 51 stand part of the Bill.
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Lord Sharkey

Clause 107 4

Amendment #52210#52210WithdrawnAmends text
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after “person” insert “wilfully, recklessly or unscrupulously”
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107
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Amendment #52341#52341Not movedAmends text
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leave out lines 33 and 34
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107
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Amendment #52379#52379Not movedAmends text
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In determining whether a person had a reasonable excuse under subsection 2(c) the factors to be considered include—

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107
Baroness Noakes
Amendment #52380#52380Not movedAmends text
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no reasonable person having regard to all of their duties and all relevant circumstances would have done the act or engaged in the course of conduct.”
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Baroness Noakes