Consultation outcome

The draft Equality Act (Age Exception for Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2019

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 16 January 2019
• Last updated: 24 April 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Government response: The draft Equality Act (Age Exceptions for Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2019

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Detail of outcome

The government published its response to this consultation on 24 April 2019.

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Original consultation

Summary

This order enables integrated pension schemes to take account of the member’s State Pension when calculating pension payable, without breaching age related equality obligations.

This consultation ran from
9am on 16 January 2019 to 11:45pm on 30 January 2019

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on the draft Equality Act (Age Exception for Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2019.

The order amends the Equality Act (Age Exception for Pension Schemes) Order 2010. The amendment enables integrated pension schemes to take into account a member’s State Pension when calculating the occupational pension payable, where the member has a State Pension age later than age 65, without breaching their age related equality obligations under the Equality Act 2010.

The consultation is mainly aimed at:

• pension administrators and employers who operate integrated pension schemes

We also welcome comments from:

• the pension industry
• pension schemes trustees and members
• member representative organisations
• any other interested organisations

Documents

The draft Equality Act (Age Exceptions for Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2019

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The draft Equality Act (Age Exceptions for Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2019

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Published 16 January 2019
Last updated 24 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 24 April 2019

   Published the government response.

2. 16 January 2019

   First published.