TRANSFER OF ACCRUED RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS UNDER OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES (Hansard, 2 May 1984)

§ Dr. Boyson
I beg to move amendment No. 32, in page 19, line 30, at end insert 'and conditions subject to which'.

§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Ernest Armstrong)
With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments Nos. 33 to 39.

§ Dr. Boyson
These are technical amendments, which do not change the substance of the Bill in any way.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 33, in page 19, line 32, after 'a', insert 'contracted-out'.
No. 34, in page 19, line 36, leave out from 'another' to end of line 38, and insert 'occupational pension scheme'.
No. 35, in page 19, line 38, at end insert—
'(1A) Any such regulations may be made so as to apply to earners who are not in employment at the time of the transfer.'. No. 36, in page 20, line 2, leave out from first 'to' 'unless' in line 3 and insert 'transfers whenever made'.
No. 37, in page 20, line 5, leave out 'took' and insert 'take'.
No. 38, in page 20, line 5., at end insert—
'() The power conferred by subsection (1) above is without prejudice to the generality of section 166(2) of the principal Act.".'. No. 39, in page 20, line 5, at end insert—
'(2) In section 44 of that Act (premium on termination of contracted-out scheme)— (a) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
"(1A) Regulations may provide that any provision of this Part of this Act shall have effect, where the Occupational Pensions Board have approved arrangements under subsection (1) above, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.(1B) Any such regulations shall have effect in relation to arrangements whenever approved, unless they provide that they are only to have effect in relation to arrangements approved after they come into force.'; and
(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (9)—
"(10) Any reference to earners in this section includes, in relation to any particular time, not only a reference to earners who are in employment at that time but also a reference to earners who are not in employment at that time but who have been in employment before it or will be in employment after it.".'.