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The Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/3088 · Made 20 November 2000

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PENSIONS

Made 20th November 2000

Laid before Parliament 20th November 2000

Coming into force 1st December 2000

The President of the Council, having been designated by the Treasury as having responsibility for the public service pension schemes referred to in article 2, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Exception of public service pension schemes
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2000.

2Exception of public service pension schemes

The public service pension schemes relating to the following offices are excepted:

  • Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury;

  • Lord Chancellor; and

  • Speaker of the House of Commons.

Signature

Rt. Hon Margaret Beckett MP

President of the Council

20th November 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order excepts the public service pension schemes relating to the offices of the Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Commons for the purposes of section 27(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 27(1) makes provision for pension sharing other than in relation to an excepted public service pension scheme.