Explanatory note

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.