Pensions Act 2014

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The Pensions Act 2014 is a UK law that overhauled the state pension system, introducing a new single-tier state pension and related reforms to simplify and modernize retirement provision.

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Pensions Act 2014 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
administeredBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
affects National Insurance contribution rules for state pension purposes ⓘ
employers operating defined benefit pension schemes ⓘ
future UK state pension claimants ⓘ
appliesTo England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
citation 2014 c. 19 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creates new State Pension (single-tier state pension) ⓘ
doesNotPrimarilyApplyTo Northern Ireland ⓘ
introducedBy UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
introduces single-tier flat-rate state pension for future pensioners ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
keyFeature abolition of contracting-out for defined benefit pension schemes ⓘ
changes to state pension age timetable ⓘ
framework for regular reviews of state pension age ⓘ
introduction of Bereavement Support Payment ⓘ
introduction of a new state pension based on qualifying years of National Insurance contributions ⓘ
provisions on automatic enrolment compliance and enforcement ⓘ
provisions relating to pension schemes governance and regulation ⓘ
reform of bereavement benefits ⓘ
transitional arrangements for people with existing state pension rights ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to make provision about pensions and about benefits payable to people in connection with bereavement; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
objective to make the state pension system simpler and easier to understand ⓘ
to support sustainability of public finances in relation to pensions ⓘ
policyArea pensions ⓘ
retirement provision ⓘ
social security ⓘ
primaryPurpose introduction of a single-tier state pension ⓘ
reform of state pension age and related rules ⓘ
reform of the UK state pension system ⓘ
simplification of state pension entitlements ⓘ
reforms State Second Pension ⓘ
basic State Pension ⓘ
relatedTo Pensions Act 2004 ⓘ
Pensions Act 2008 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ
replaces two-tier state pension system ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2014-05-14 ⓘ
subjectOf UK pensions reform debate in early 2010s ⓘ
typeOfReform structural reform of state pension system ⓘ
yearEnacted 2014 ⓘ

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New State Pension → legislatedBy → Pensions Act 2014 ⓘ
Additional State Pension → legalBasis → Pensions Act 2014 ⓘ
nSP → legislatedBy → Pensions Act 2014 ⓘ
State Pension → governedBy → Pensions Act 2014 ⓘ