Consultation outcome

Possible statutory override for Protected Persons Regulations

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 18 January 2013
• Last updated: 12 February 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response: Abolition of contracting out (statutory override for Protected Persons Regulations)

PDF, 187 KB, 10 pages

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Impact Assessment: Abolition of contracting out (statutory override for Protected Persons Regulations)

PDF, 203 KB, 13 pages

Detail of outcome

This publication summarises the main points made by respondents to the consultation and provides the government’s full response to them.

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Original consultation

Summary

We sought views on whether, following the abolition of 'contracting out', employers could override the protected persons regulations.

This consultation ran from
18 January 2013 to 11:45pm on 14 March 2013

Consultation description

This consultation sought views on whether or not, following the abolition of defined benefit contracting out as part of the reforms to the state pension system, employers should be permitted to override the protected persons regulations in order to offset the additional costs they will face as a result of the end of contracting out and the loss of the NI rebate.

Who this consultation was aimed at

We welcomed comments on this consultation from pension industry professionals, pension schemes, trustees, industry, pension scheme members and member representative organisations, but we were interested in views from any source.

Documents

Consultation on a statutory override for Protected Persons Regulations

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Protected persons impact assessment

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Published 18 January 2013
Last updated 12 February 2014 + show all updates

1. 12 February 2014

   Published the government's response to the consultation and associated impact assessment.

2. 18 January 2013

   First published.