§ Lords amendment: No. 206, in page 79, line 10, at end insert "or pension rights"
§ Mr. RidleyI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
§ Mr. SpeakerWith this it will be convenient to take the following amendments:
§ No. 209, in page 80, line 14, after "emoluments" insert "or pension rights"
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No. 284, in clause 120, page 117, line 5, at end insert—
"pension rights" includes, in relation to any person, all forms of right to or eligibility for the present or future payment of a pension, and any expectation of the accruer of a pension under any customary practice, and includes a right of allocation in respect of the present or future payment of a pension;
§ Mr. RidleyThe amendment simply ensures that the power to make compensation regulations in clause 81 is properly comprehensive. We originally thought that the clause would cover pension rights by virtue of the word "emoluments", but subsequent legal advice is that that is not so. The amendment seeks to put that right.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Lords amendment No. 207 agreed to.
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Lords amendment: No. 208, in page 80, line 2, after "of' insert
or, in Scotland, sequestration of the estate of, or granting of a trust deed for creditors by,
§ Mr. AncramI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
The amendment is a minor technical amendment. It clarifies Scottish legal terminology.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Lords amendments Nos. 209 to 218 agreed to.