The Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1995

Made: 29th September 1995

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 180(1) of the Pensions Act 1995[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1

This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1995.

Appointed day

2

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Pensions Act 1995 is 2nd October 1995—

• section 90 (unpaid contributions in cases of insolvency);

• section 156 (employment of staff by the Pensions Ombudsman);

• section 169 (extensions of Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943)[^f00002];

• section 172, and sections 174 and 175 in so far as they relate to that section, (information about public service schemes);

• paragraph 1 of Schedule 6, and section 173 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, (amendment to the Public Records Act 1958)[^f00003].

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Oliver Heald — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Social Security — 29th September 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the following provisions of the Pensions Act 1995 on 2nd October 1995—

• section 90, which amends provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 concerning unpaid contributions in cases of insolvency;

• section 156, which amends provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 concerning the employment of staff by the Pensions Ombudsman;

• section 169, which amends the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 in relation to appeal rights for war pensioners;

• section 172, which provides for the disclosure of information by public service pension schemes in certain circumstances;

• paragraph 1 of Schedule 6, which provides for the insertion of a reference to the Pensions Ombudsman in the Public Records Act 1958.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 26.

[^f00002]: 1943 c. 49.

[^f00003]: 1958 c. 51.