Perspective DocWatch (legislation and regulatory materials) - February 2021

Professional Pensions
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Pendragon's Perspective information service provides pension advisers and practitioners a comprehensive and up-to-date library resource to help them keep on top of the legal and regulatory change affecting the industry. In this update, they list the documents received over the past month...

Legislation and Draft Legislation

Pension Schemes Act 2021

The Stationery Office

The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/157

The Stationery Office

The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2021, SI 2021/163

The Stationery Office

The Scottish Rates of Income Tax (Consequential Amendments) Order 2021, SI 2021/190

The Stationery Office

The Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments (Revocation) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/197

The Stationery Office

The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/214

The Stationery Office

The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/240

The Stationery Office

The National Health Service Superannuation and Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, SSI 2021/102

The Stationery Office

Regulatory and Industry Materials

Increasing the normal minimum pension age: consultation on implementation

HM Treasury/HM Revenue and Customs

Setting the standard Lifetime Allowance from 2021 to 2022 to 2025 to 2026

HM Revenue and Customs

Pension schemes newsletter 128 - March 2021

HM Revenue and Customs

Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments: Guidance on the 2020 Regulations (and accompanying Mandatory HM Treasury Directions)

HM Treasury

Automatic enrolment: alternative quality requirements for defined benefit and hybrid schemes being used as a workplace pension - Government Response

Department for Work and Pensions

The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) Regulations Review 2020 - Government response

Department for Work and Pensions

A Reformed Judicial Pension Scheme: Response to consultation

Ministry of Justice

Judicial Pensions: Response to McCloud  - Response to consultation

Ministry of Justice

Guidance on preparing and maintaining policies on review of employer contributions, employer exit payments and deferred debt agreements

Ministry of Housing,

Communities & Local Government

The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2021

Cabinet Office

Report on proposed amendment to the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014

Cabinet Office

Compliance and enforcement quarterly bulletin October to December 2020

The Pensions Regulator

Guidance note 9 - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Interim Guidance February 2021)

Pension Protection Fund

Report into the impact of Dividends and other covenant leakage on Pension Scheme Funding

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Working Party

Miscellaneous

Identity approach: Call for Input from data providers

Pensions Dashboards Programme

Five Principles for Pension Taxation - Discussion Paper

PLSA

Guidance Note on Tax Issues: Equalising for the Effects of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (Version 1.0 - February 2021)

Guaranteed Minimum Pension Equalisation Working Group (PASA)

How to start getting ready for pensions Dashboards

Pensions Administration Standards Association

Engaging with ESG: Climate Change (Lauren Wilkinson)

Pensions Policy Institute

Slipping between the cracks? Retirement income prospects for Generation X (Sophia Dimitriadis, Patrick Swain and Professor Les Mayhew)

The International Longevity Centre UK

Spotlight on Pensions (Le Grand View) - Taxes in hard times - finding the balance

Pendragon

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