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An Act to amend the law about pensions and for connected purposes.
[19th July 1995]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Extent Information
E1Act does not extend to Northern Ireland except specified provisions and amendments by this Act of an enactment which extends also to Northern Ireland see section 178(1)(2)(3).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act excluded by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), s. 55C(6) (as inserted (11.11.1999 for specified purposes; 1.12.2000 in so far as not already in force) by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), s. 89(5)(a), Sch. 6 para. 3; S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. IV)
C2Act power to modify conferred (2.4.2001) by the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39), ss. 7(2), 16(1); S.I. 2001/766, art. 2(1)(a) (with art. 3)
C3Act excluded by Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), s. 6(8) (as substituted (1.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 5 para. 20; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 1)
C4Act: power to amend conferred (2.12.1999) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 87 (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
C5Act: power to modify conferred (2.4.2001) by Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39), s. 7(2); S.I. 2001/766, art. 2(1)(a) (with art. 3)
C6Act: functions transferred (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 7(1)(b), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (with S.I. 2005/695, arts. 5(8), 6, Schs. 2, 3)
C7Act modified by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Discharge of Liability) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/784), reg. 5(2) (as added (6.4.2005) by S.I. 2005/704, regs. 1(2), 12(4))
C8Act modified (6.4.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 254(3)(b), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2006/560, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
C9Act: power to modify conferred (6.4.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 321(1)(c), 322(1); S.I. 2006/560, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
C10Act modified (1.4.2008) by The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/576), art. 1(3), Sch. 4 para. 5
C11Act: power to modify conferred (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 146(2)(b)
C12Act modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), arts. 1, 3, Sch.
C13Act modified (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), reg. 16(2)(c), Sch. 2
C14Act modified (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 1, Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with reg. 27(a))
C15Act modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 4)
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I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 180(1)(2).
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