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The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2006
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This Order specifies, for the purposes of section 177 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) (“the Act”), the levy ceiling for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2006.
Section 175 of the Act provides that the Board of the Pension Protection Fund must impose pension protection levies for each financial year falling after the initial period (as defined by section 174 of the Act). Section 177 of the Act provides for the amount to be raised by the pension protection levies. By virtue of section 177(2) of the Act the amount of the levies for a financial year must not exceed the levy ceiling for that financial year. This Order specifies that the levy ceiling for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2006 is £775,000,000.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the impact on business, charities or the voluntary sector of the provisions of this Order has been carried out, and a copy placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Better Regulation Unit, 4th floor, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.
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