Pensions Act 2011 ā� supporting documents
»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp Act puts into law changes to the State Pension age timetable and workplace pensions, among others
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»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp Pensions Bill 2011 was introduced in the House of Lords on 12 January 2011. It received Royal Assent on 3 November 2011 and became law under the Pensions Act 2011. »Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp is published on the legislation.gov website.
»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp Act puts into law changes to the State Pension age timetable . From April 2016, womenās State Pension age will rise faster than originally planned, equalising with menās at 65 by November 2018. Between December 2018 and October 2020, men and womenās State Pension ages will be increased from 65 to 66.
»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp Act also:
- implements workplace pension reform measures from the Making Automatic Enrolment Work Review
- allows contributions to be taken towards the cost of providing personal pension benefits to current judicial pensions scheme members
We published a number of supporting documents for the Pensions Act 2011 and for the Pensions Bill 2011.
Impact assessment
We updated our impact assessment after the Pensions Bill 2011 received Royal Assent on 3 November 2011 and became law under the Pensions Act 2011.
Pensions Bill 2011 ā� Delegated powers memorandum
»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp delegated powers memorandum identifies the provisions for delegated legislation in the draft Bill and explains the purpose of the powers, why they are left to delegated legislation and the parliamentary procedure selected for the exercise of these powers.
Pensions Bill fact sheets
On 17 October 2011, we published two fact sheets to explain the background to two amendments to the Bill introduced by the Government.
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Pensions Bill 2011 fact sheet 1 ā� Government amendment to Clause 1 of Pensions Bill 2011
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Pensions Bill 2011 fact sheet 2 ā� Government amendments to the definition of āmoney purchase benefitā�
Archived information
is also available.