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PART II CERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENTS
2. Making of elections for the issue of contracting-out certificates
9. Making of elections by employers for the variation or surrender of contracting-out certificates.
10. Special provision with regard to elections for the issue, variation or surrender of certificates where (before the second abolition date) the employment remains contracted-out.
11. Special circumstances in which the Secretary of State may determine earners to have been in contracted-out employment
12. Special provision for holding companies and subsidiaries
14. Special provision for holders of pensionable judicial office.
16. Requirement to confirm relevant requirements are satisfied.
PART III SALARY-RELATED CONTRACTED-OUT SCHEMES
17. Further contracting-out conditions for salary-related contracted-out schemes
19. Lump sum benefits and salary-related contracted-out schemes.
20.Payment of a lump sum instead of a pension payable under a relevant scheme
22. Each part of scheme to comply with section 12A of the 1993 Act.
24. Circumstances when actuary other than actuary appointed under section 47 of the 1995 Act may certify broad equivalence.
26. Reference scheme: circumstances in which widows', widowers' or surviving civil partners' pensions need not be payable
27. Modification applying to public service pension schemes.
28. Service in a salary-related contracted-out scheme that does not qualify for further benefits
29. Schemes which cannot be certified under section 9(2B) of the 1993 Act.
PART IV MONEY PURCHASE CONTRACTED-OUT SCHEMES
30.Further contracting-out requirements for money purchase contracted-out schemes
37. Circumstances in which the age-related payments are not to be paid.
39. Circumstances in which schemes may change mode of contracting-out.
40. Schemes which may not be contracted-out under section 9(3) of the 1993 Act.
PART V FURTHER REQUIREMENTS (ALL SCHEMES) AND OVERSEAS SCHEMES
PART VII GUARANTEED MINIMUM PENSIONS
56. Special provision for revaluation of guaranteed minimum pensions secured by insurance policies or annuity contracts.
57. Circumstances for the purposes of section 17(6) of the 1993 Act in which widower’s, widow’s or surviving civil partner's guaranteed minimum pension is to be payable.
58. Period for the purposes of section 17(6) of the 1993 Act for which widower’s, widow’s or surviving civil partner's guaranteed minimum pension is to be payable.
59. Statutory references to persons entitled to guaranteed minimum pensions application to widowers, widows of female earners and surviving civil partners
61. Suspension and forfeiture of guaranteed minimum pensions.
62. Fixed rate revaluation of guaranteed minimum pensions for early leavers.
63. Provision of information about guaranteed minimum pensions.
66. Circumstances in which the modifications to the 1993 Act set out in regulation 65 apply.
67. Modification of section 51(1) of the 1993 Act in relation to revaluation and schemes which have ceased to be contracted-out.
68. Additional modifications relating to transfers and increases of earnings factors by 12 per cent..
69. Miscellaneous provisions affecting section 51 of the 1993 Act.
69A.Conversion of guaranteed minimum pensions into other benefits: actuarial equivalence
69B.Conversion of guaranteed minimum pensions into other benefits: survivors’ benefits
PART VIII TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SAVINGS
71. Elections for replacement certificates by salary-related schemes during transitional period.
72. Transitional requirements as to sufficiency of resources of salary-related schemes.
73. Transitional arrangements and savings for salary-related schemes which have begun winding up before the principal appointed day.
74. Transitional arrangements in relation to the powers of the Secretary of State to approve arrangements for schemes ceasing to contract out before the principal appointed day.
75. Transitional modifications to sections 35 and 36 of the 1993 Act.
76. Prevention of recovery by employers of Class 1 contributions where certificate cancelled under section 36(3) of the 1993 Act.
76A.Transitional arrangements for schemes contracted-out under section 9(2) of the 1993 Act to become contracted-out under section 9(3) of that Act
76B. Former requirements for consent for alterations of rules
PROVISIONS CONFERRING POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS
Further requirements for meeting the statutory standard
1.The actuary must complete a reference scheme test certificate.
2.The reference scheme test certificate must— (a) certify whether in...
3.The actuary must— (a) send the completed reference scheme test...
4.Where the actuary is sending the first reference scheme test...
5.(1) Where the employer asks the actuary to advise whether...
6.Where the scheme calculates pensions by different methods for different...
7.The actuary must not complete a reference scheme test certificate...
8.Where an employer asks for a separate reference scheme test...
10.The actuary must use any information about the earner’s remuneration...
11.Where— (a) the actuary is satisfied that the information about...
12.(1) This paragraph applies where, on the effective date, the...
13.(1) The pensions provided under the scheme for the purposes...
14.(1) For the purposes of carrying out the comparison under...
15.(1) For the purposes of carrying out the comparison under...
16.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies in each...
17.In this Schedule— “accrual rate” means the rate at which,...
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