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Pensions Act 2011

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177.The provisions of this Act come into force by an order or orders to be made by the Secretary of State with the following exceptions:

  • sections 1, 25, 27 and 28 (increase in state pension age, payment of surplus to employer, amendment to Schedule 4 to the PA 2007 and amendment to section 42(6) of the PSA 1993 respectively) come into force two months from the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent.

  • those provisions in Part 2 that modify an existing power to make an order or regulations, or provides for such a power, come into force, for the purpose of exercising the power, on the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent.

  • sections 30 to 33 come into force on the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent.

  • sections 37, 38 and 39 come into force on the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent.

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