HC Deb 09 May 1973 vol 856 cc619-21

Amendments made: No. 81, in page 91, line 39, leave out from 'Fund' to end of line 32 on page 92 and insert: '(1 A) There shall be paid into the Reserve Pension Fund—

  1. (a) by the Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Ministry respectively all contributions and premiums paid to them under this Part of this Act, after deduction of the relevant administrative expenses; and
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  2. (b) by the Board, all money received by them, whether in the nature of income or capital (including any money which they borrow).

(1B) The reference in subsection (1A)(a) above to the relevant administrative expenses—

  1. (a) as regards the Secretary of State, is to such sums as he may estimate to be the expenses falling on him or any other government department in Great Britain, in collecting reserve scheme contributions and premiums and paying them into the Reserve Pension Fund; and
  2. (b) as regards the Northern Ireland Ministry, is to such sums as that Ministry may estimate to be the expenses so falling on it or any other department of the government of Northern Ireland;
and any estimate for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be arrived at in accordance with any directions of the Treasury or, in Northern Ireland, the Ministry of Finance.

(1C) There shall be paid out of the Reserve Pension Fund—

  1. (a) the reserve scheme pensions provided for by sections 76 and 77 of this Act;
  2. (b) any expenditure of the Reserve Pension Board in the exercise of their functions (including expenditure on administration and the repayment of money borrowed by the Board); and
  3. (c) any sums which are payable by the Board to the Secretary of State or the Northern Ireland Ministry in respect of administrative services provided in pursuance of arrangements made under section 69(3) of this Act.

(2) There shall be paid out of the Reserve Pension Fund—

  1. (a) into the Consolidated Fund, sums representing expenses falling on any government department in Great Britain and attributable to this Part of this Act, being expenses in respect of the functions—
    1. (i) under section 71(6) of this Act of the Government Actuary, and
    2. (ii) under section 81 of this Act (as it applies to Great Britain) of the Secretary of State, insurance officers, local tribunals and National Insurance Commissioners;
  2. (b) into the Exchequer of Northern Ireland, sums representing expenses falling on any department of the government of Northern Ireland and so attributable, being expenses in respect of functions under section 81 of this Act (as it applies to Northern Ireland) of the Northern Ireland Ministry, insurance officers, local tribunals and National Insurance Commissioners;
and payments under this subsection shall be made at such times and in such manner, and the amount of any expenses referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) shall be estimated in such manner, as the Treasury or, in Northern Ireland, the Ministry of Finance may direct.

(2A) The Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Ministry respectively shall in respect of each financial year prepare accounts showing—

  1. (a) the sums received by them in that year and paid into the Reserve Pension Fund as contributions and premiums under this Part of this Act;
  2. (b) any sums paid by them in that year on behalf of the Reserve Pension Board as reserve scheme pensions (in pursuance of arrangements made for the purposes of section 69(3) of this Act);
  3. (c) the relevant administrative expenses for the purposes of subsection (lA)(a) above; and
  4. (d) any receipts by them under subsection (1C)(c);
and these accounts shall be prepared in such form, and in such manner and at such times, as the Treasury or, in Northern Ireland, the Ministry of Finance, may direct; and the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine Secretary of State's accounts and lay copies thereof, together with his report thereon, before Parliament; and the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland shall examine the accounts of the Northern Ireland Ministry and lay copies thereof, together with his report thereon, before the Parliament of Northern Ireland'.

No. 82, in page 92, line 47, at end insert: '(3A) Where payments fall to be made by way of adjustment—

  1. (a) out of the Reserve Pension Fund, to a department of the Government of Northern Ireland or into the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund or the Exchequer of Northern Ireland; or
  2. (b) into the Reserve Pension Fund, out of the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund or out of other public money belonging to Northern Ireland,
then in such cases or classes of case as may be specified by the Northern Ireland Ministry by order made with the consent of the Ministry of Finance the amount of the payments to be made shall be taken to be such, and payments on account thereof shall be made at such times and in such manner, as may be determined by that Ministry in accordance with any directions given by the Ministry of Finance'.

No. 83, in page 93, line 14, at beginning insert: ' Subject to subsection (2A) above'.—[Mr. Dean.]

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