Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009
Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (2009 asp 1)
- Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (2009 asp 1)
- 1 Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme
- 2 Grants payable on leaving office
- 3 Modification of pension schemes etc.
- 4 Interpretation
- 5 Commencement
- 6 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme
- Part A The Pension Fund
- The Pension Fund
- Payments to and from Fund
- Part B Fund trustees
- Fund trustees
- Functions
- Number of trustees
- Eligibility
- Appointment of Fund trustees
- Remuneration, allowances and expenses
- Resignation
- Removal
- Change of status
- Member-nominated trustees
- Procedure
- Quorum
- Staff and advisers
- Fund management
- Indemnity insurance
- Delegation
- Validity of acts
- Part C Participating members
- MSP members
- Office-holder members
- MSP opt-out
- Office-holder opt-out
- MSP opt-in
- Office-holder opt-in
- Part D Contributions
- Scheme member contributions
- Amount of scheme member contribution
- Procedure for changing scheme member contribution rate
- Relief from liability to make scheme member contributions
- Contributions when salary not drawn
- Contributions from SPCB
- Part E Reckonable service
- Reckonable service as an MSP
- Reckonable service as an office-holder
- Total reckonable service
- Measuring reckonable service
- Part F Pensions
- Scheme pension
- Amount of MSP pension
- Amount of office-holder pension
- Duration of scheme pension
- Suspension of scheme pension
- Part G Retirement lump sums
- Right to commute pension into a lump sum
- Payment of retirement lump sum and corresponding reduction in pension
- Special rule for commutation by individual approaching the age of 75
- Commuting trivial amounts
- Part H Early retirement
- Early retirement
- Part I Ill-health
- Serious ill-health pension
- Ordinary ill-health pension
- Deferred pensioner's ill-health pension
- Amount of serious ill-health pension
- Amount of ordinary ill-health pension
- Amount of deferred pensioner's ill-health pension
- Review of ill-health pension entitlements
- Medical examinations
- Ill-health lump sums: life expectancy of less than one year
- Part J Surviving partners and children
- Chapter 1 Scheme pension entitlement
- Meaning of “scheme pension entitlement”
- Chapter 2 Partner's pension etc.
- Partner
- Partner's pension
- Enhancement of initial partner's pension
- Duration of partner's pension
- Partner's trivial lump sum
- Chapter 3 Children's pensions
- Children's pensions
- Eligible children
- Payment of children's pension
- Part K Lump sum death benefits
- Death in service lump sum
- Nominations for death in service lump sum
- Deferred pensioner lump sum
- Part L 5 year guarantee
- Initial pension period
- Guaranteed pension for surviving partner
- Guaranteed lump sum where scheme pensioner dies aged under 75 with no surviving partner
- Guaranteed pension where scheme pensioner dies aged 75 or over with no surviving partner
- Part M Short service refunds
- Payment of short service refunds
- Extinction of scheme benefits
- Part N Transfers
- Chapter 1 Transfers out
- Statement of entitlement
- Transfers to other pension schemes
- Enhancement of transferable sum
- Reduction of transferable sum
- Transfer payment
- Time limits
- Extinction of scheme benefits
- Chapter 2 Transfers in
- Transfer in
- Effect of transfer in
- Limitation on transfers in
- Part O Added years
- Added years
- Buying added years by instalments
- Revocation of accepted application
- Interruption of service
- Resumption of service as MSP member
- Buying added years by lump sum
- Limitations on buying added years
- Multiple applications
- Part P Pension sharing
- Pension credit members
- Pension debit members
- Death of ex-partner before discharge of pension credit liability
- Part Q Dual mandate MSPs
- Dual mandate MSPs
- Pension reduction for dual mandate MSPs
- Part R Taxes
- 2004 Act terms
- Payment of lifetime allowance charge by scheme administrator
- Payment of lifetime allowance charge from Pension Fund
- Deductions for tax arising on lump sum payments
- Reduction of benefits which would otherwise attract unauthorised charge
- Prohibition on payments which would give rise to liability for certain taxes
- Part S Accounts, audit and actuarial reports
- Accounts and audit
- Actuarial reports
- Part T Miscellaneous
- Dispute resolution procedure
- Guaranteed minimum pension
- Restriction on assignability etc.
- Payments due in respect of deceased individuals
- Formal communications
- Part U Key terms
- Interpretation
- Index
- SCHEDULE 2 Grants payable on leaving office
- MSP resettlement grant
- MSP ill-health retirement grant
- Amount of MSP grants
- Office-holder resettlement grant
- Key terms
- SCHEDULE 3 Transitional provisions and savings
- Introductory
- Continuation of scheme and transfer of Pension Fund
- Scheme participation
- Scheme member contributions
- Contributions from SPCB
- Reckonable service as an MSP
- Reckonable service as an office-holder
- Total reckonable service
- Special provision for participants reaching age of 75 before the new rules day
- Payment of pensions due on new rules day etc.
- Entitlement of partners and children after new rules day
- Early retirement
- Partner's and children's pensions
- 5 year guarantee
- Deferred pensioner lump sums
- Short service refunds
- Transfers
- Added years
- AVC Scheme
- Guaranteed minimum pension
- Presiding Officer and First Minister pension scheme
- General saving
- Disapplication of scheme modifications
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