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The Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/358 · Made 12 February 2001

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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2000/3088 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

PENSIONS

Made 12th February 2001

Laid before Parliament 12th February 2001

Coming into force 5th March 2001

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. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 5th March 2001.

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.

3Revocation

The Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2000 is revokedf1.

Signature

Margaret Beckett

President of the Council

12th February 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made in consequence of a defect in the Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2000 which this Order revokes and replaces. This Order will be issued free of charge to all known recipients of the Pension Sharing (Excepted Schemes) Order 2000.

This Order excepts the public service pension schemes relating to the office 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.