The Superannuation Act 2010 (Repeal of Limits on Compensation) Order 2010

Made: 16th December 2010

Laid before the House of Commons: 20th December 2010

Coming into force: 21st December 2010

The Minister for the Civil Service makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(5)(a) and (8)(b) of the Superannuation Act 2010[^f00001]:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Superannuation Act 2010 (Repeal of Limits on Compensation) Order 2010 and comes into force on 21st December 2010.

Repeal

2

• (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, section 3 of the Superannuation Act 2010 is repealed.

• (2) Section 3 of the Superannuation Act 2010 shall continue to have effect in relation to any provision of a scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972[^f00002] before the time at which section 3 of the 2010 Act came into force except in so far as the provision has effect by virtue of a scheme made after that time.

Signed

Francis Maude — for the Minister for the Civil Service — 16th December 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 3 of the Superannuation Act 2010 (c. 37) limits the amount of compensation that can be provided, under a scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), to people who suffer loss of office or employment. This Order repeals section 3 of the 2010 Act in so far as it affects schemes made after the commencement of section 3.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 c. 37.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 11; section 1 was amended by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7), section 8(1) and (2); the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), Schedule 8, paragraph 6; the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 14; S.I. 2000/2040; S.I. 2001/3649; and S.I. 2007/126.