The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014

UK Statutory Instrument 2014 No. 1964 — creates 5 criminal offences.

5offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 23 July 2014
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax
Made under: Schedule 7 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Part 2 of these Regulations establishes a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to civil servants and other persons as determined by the Minister under section 25(5) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c.25). The scheme so established is a career average revalued earnings scheme. Part 3 contains governance provisions including delegation of the scheme manager’s functions and establishment of the Civil Service Pension Board and a scheme advisory board. Part 4 provides for scheme membership. It sets out the key concepts of scheme employment and pensionable earnings. It contains eligibility and auto-enrolment provisions. Part 5 provides for the establishment of a member’s pension accounts in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme. It also provides for the establishment of a pension credit member’s account. Part 6 provides for a member’s entitlement to payment of retirement benefits including partial retirement benefits and ill-health benefits. It also provides for the assignment of benefits. It sets out the key concept of qualifying service. Part 7 provides for benefits for pension credit members. Part 8 provides for death benefits payable to surviving adults and eligible children and for payment of lump sum benefits. It also provides for the recovery and suspension of the payments in certain cases. Part 9 provides for the payment of contributions by members and employers. Part 10 provides for making and receiving transfer payments. Part 11 provides for actuarial valuations and employer cost cap. Part 12 contains supplementary provisions on payment of pensions, forfeiture and set off, payment and deduction of tax and miscellaneous provisions including the determination of questions. Schedule 1 makes provision for payments for extra pension. Schedule 2 makes transitional provision. An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners regulation 120(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners regulation 120(5)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Guaranteed minimum pensions regulation 164(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Guaranteed minimum pensions regulation 164(9)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Guaranteed minimum pensions regulation 164(9)(a)(ii) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

Energy Bill [HL] Lords · Lords Chamber · 19 October 2015
6: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Pensions (1) The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (persons to or in respect of whom benefits may be provided by schemes under that section) applies are to include the employees of the OGA. (2) Accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Act (employment to which superannuation schemes may extend), in the list of other bodies, at the appropriate place insert— “The Oil and Gas Authority.” (3) The employees of the OGA are to be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 3 of the Public Service (Civil Servants and…
Energy BILL [Lords] (First sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 26 January 2016 · Dr Whitehead
I feel puzzled about some of the arrangements that are set out in these clauses, particularly the transfer of staff to the OGA from DECC, which is referred to in clause 4. It states: “The Secretary of State may make… transfer schemes under which persons who hold employment in the civil service of the State become employees of the OGA” —in other words, they are not civil servants. Under the clause, the Secretary of State may make a scheme that “may (in particular) include provision that is the same as, or similar to, the provision made by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of…

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