The Regulations protect the pension rights of certain employees who transfer to the Local Government Pension Scheme. The Regulations apply to transfers between specific bodies set out in the Regulations. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations prescribe that it is a criminal offence for a prospective
employer to require a prospective employee to provide information that
he or she has obtained from the Secretary
of State in connection with a claim for, or an award of, employment and support allowance. The Regulations make other miscellaneous amendments relating to social security. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Order implements the sections of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
that enable the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and the minister for the civil service to make parliamentary pension schemes. The Order (PDF format, 49K) can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations implement a tax exemption in respect of certain payments made to members or former members of the armed forces and members of their family. Payments that are exempt include tuition fees, payments under the resettlement commutation, resettlement grants and gratuity earnings schemes, and the provision of independent inquest advice. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Order adds employments and offices to sch.1 to the Superannuation Act 1972, enabling individuals serving in
those employments and offices to benefit from the schemes made under s.1 of the Act. Schemes under s.1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 make provision for pensions and other benefits in respect of persons engaged in the employments and offices listed in sch.1 to the Act. Other employments and offices are removed from sch.1 to the Act. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Order brings into force the scheme set out ss.101 to 103 of the Finance Act 2009, which relates to the rate of late payment interest and repayment interest on amounts due to HM Revenue and Customs. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations prescribe that further and higher education institutions are exempt from the provisions in the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/584) that relate to the accommodation offset, where they provide accommodation to a worker who is enrolled on a full-time course with them. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The main rate of the national minimum wage rises from £5.93 to £6.08 per hour. The youth rate increases from £4.92 to £4.98 per hour, the rate for workers aged 16 to 17 from £3.64 to £3.68 per hour, and the apprentice rate from £2.50 to £2.60 per hour. The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2345) can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Order revokes and replaces a number of Orders made under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. It contains requirements in relation to the exposure of workers to radiation in respect of waste disposal. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) (on the UK legislation website) give agency workers the same basic employment conditions after 12 weeks in a given job as if they had been employed directly by the end-user, including pay, holiday, rest periods and rest breaks. From day one of an assignment, agency workers have the right to be treated no less favourably than a comparable employee recruited directly by the hirer in relation to collective facilities and information about job vacancies. The Regulations implement the Temporary Agency Workers Directive (2008/104/EC). The Regulations are amended by the Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011 1941) (on the UK legislation website).
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The Order brings into force the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 in England and Wales. The Act enables deductions to be made from, and levies to be imposed on, prisoners’ earnings. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Equality Act 2010 creates a single public sector equality duty, and enables specific duties to be created to help public bodies meet their requirements under the general duty. The Government published draft Regulations on the specific duties in January 2011. In March 2011 the Government published revised Regulations to reduce the burden on public bodies. Under the revised Regulations, most public authorities are required to publish information to demonstrate compliance with the general duty no later than 31 January 2012, and public authorities are required to publish their equality objectives no later than 6 April 2012. The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2260) (PDF format, 30K) can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
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The Order gives effect to proposals submitted by the Construction Industry Training Board to the Department for Employment and Learning for the imposition of a further levy on employers in the construction industry to raise money towards the expenses of the Board. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations change the word "before", in para.14(1) of the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (SR 2010/300), to the word "after" to correct the date on which the additional statutory paternity pay period begins for the purpose of adoption. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations prescribe the meaning of “relevant earnings” and “excluded amounts” in ss.270B(1)(a) and 270B(1)(b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003. The Act provides limited tax relief where an employer provides qualifying childcare vouchers or contracts directly with a childcare provider, which is determined on the basis of an estimate of the employee’s relevant earnings. The Regulations have retrospective effect from 6 April 2011. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations amend the Registered Pension
Schemes (Provision of Information) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/567). They set out the requirement for administrators of a registered pension scheme and sponsoring employers of occupational pension schemes to provide information pursuant to the reduction of the annual allowance and the lifetime allowance. They also set out the information requirements for scheme administrators where they make a flexible drawdown payment, and make amendments as a result of the removal of the requirement to take an annuity by the age of 75. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (SR 1997/153), pursuant to the changes made to the taxation of pension scheme contributions by the Finance Act 2011. They remove a legislative obstacle that would have prevented a reduction to a pension scheme member’s benefits if the scheme paid the annual allowance tax charge on behalf of that member. The Regulations make corresponding provision to Regulations made in Great Britain. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/785), pursuant to the changes made to the taxation of pension scheme contributions by the Finance Act 2011. They remove a legislative obstacle that would have prevented a reduction to a pension scheme member’s benefits if the scheme paid the annual allowance tax charge on behalf of that member. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations make minor amendments to other Regulations, in respect of transfers from one pension arrangement to another, to reflect changes made by the Finance Act 2011 to the pensions tax regime, which remove the need to take an annuity by the age of 75. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations set out payments that do not count as relevant income for the purpose of meeting the minimum income requirement under the flexible drawdown rules in the Finance Act 2004. The Act introduces a flexible drawdown facility for pension scheme members providing certain conditions are met, including that the member meets a minimum income requirement. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations provide how individuals, who have built up pension savings on the expectation that the lifetime allowance would remain at the level of £1,800,000, may give notice confirming their intention to rely on the transitional protection under sch.18 to the Finance Act 2011. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations set out the information that an individual must include in a notice requesting his or her pension scheme administrator to pay the individual's annual allowance charge in return for a consequential reduction to the individual's pension benefits. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations prescribe that, where a pension scheme administrator pays all or part of a member’s annual allowance charge, the scheme rules are modified to enable the member’s benefit entitlements to be reduced. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Regulations make changes to a number of other Regulations pursuant to the removal of the need to take an annuity by the age of 75, and the reduction of the amount of tax relief that an individual can receive on his or her pension savings, under the Finance Act 2004. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.
The Order amends the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (SI 2006/572). The amendments are made pursuant to the removal of the need to take an annuity by the age of 75, and the reduction of the amount of tax relief that an individual can receive on his or her pension savings, under the Finance Act 2004. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.