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Public Service Pensions Act 2013

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  1. Introduction

  2. Background

  3. Summary

  4. Territorial Extent and Application

  5. Commentary on Sections and Schedules

    1. Establishment of new schemes

      1. Section 1: Schemes for persons in public service

      2. Section 2: Responsible authority for schemes

      3. Section 3: Scheme regulations

    2. Governance

      1. Section 4: Scheme manager

      2. Section 5: Pension board

      3. Section 6: Pension board: information

      4. Section 7: Scheme advisory board

    3. Design

      1. Section 8: Types of scheme

      2. Section 9: Revaluation

      3. Section 10: Pension age

    4. Cost Control

      1. Section 11: Valuations

      2. Section 12: Employer cost cap

      3. Section 13: Employer contributions in funded schemes

    5. Administration

      1. Section 14: Information about benefits

      2. Section 15: Information about schemes

      3. Section 16: Records

      4. Section 17: Regulatory oversight

    6. Transitional

      1. Section 18: Restriction of existing pension schemes

      2. Section 19: Closure of existing injury and compensation schemes

      3. Section 20: Final salary link

    7. Procedure for scheme regulations

      1. Section 21: Consultation

      2. Section 22: Procedure for protected elements

      3. Section 23: Procedure for retrospective provision

      4. Section 24: Other procedure

    8. New schemes: supplementary

      1. Section 25: Extension of schemes

      2. Section 26: Non-scheme benefits

      3. Section 27: Consequential and minor amendments

    9. Existing schemes: supplementary

      1. Section 28: Existing local government schemes

      2. Section 29: Existing schemes for civil servants: extension of access

    10. Public body pension schemes

      1. Section 30: New public body pension schemes

      2. Section 31: Restriction of certain existing public body pension schemes

      3. Section 32: Existing public body pension schemes: pension age

    11. Parliamentary and other pension schemes

      1. Section 33: Great offices of state

      2. Section 34: Parliamentary and other pension schemes: pension age

      3. Section 35: Members of the European Parliament

    12. General

      1. Section 36: Defence Fire and Rescue Service and Ministry of Defence Police: review

      2. Section 38: Regulations, orders and directions

    13. Final

      1. Section 40: Extent

      2. Section 41: Commencement

      3. Schedule 1: Persons in public service: definitions

      4. Schedule 2: Responsible authorities

      5. Schedule 3: Scope of scheme regulations: supplementary matters

      6. Schedule 4: Regulatory oversight

      7. Schedule 5: Existing pension schemes

      8. Schedule 6: Existing injury and compensation schemes

      9. Schedule 7: Final salary link

      10. Schedule 8: Consequential and minor amendments

        1. Paragraphs 4 and 5: Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

        2. Paragraph 13: House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978

        3. Paragraph 15: Local Government and Housing Act 1989

        4. Paragraphs 18 to 20: Pension Schemes Act 1993

        5. Paragraph 21: Merchant Shipping Act 1995

        6. Paragraph 26: Human Rights Act 1998

        7. Paragraph 29: Constitutional Reform Act 2005

        8. Paragraph 30: Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007

        9. Paragraph 31: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

      11. Schedule 9: Existing schemes for civil servants: extension of access

      12. Schedule 10: Public bodies whose pension schemes must be restricted

      13. Schedule 11: Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Common Speaker

  6. Hansard References

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