This Order specifies the amount of the compensation cap for the purposes of paragraph 26(7) of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) (“the Act”), in accordance with paragraph 27(2) and (3) of that Schedule (article 2). The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/989) is revoked (article 3) More
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These Regulations amend the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3236) (“the 2002 Regulations”) which prescribed the employees eligible for the statutory right to request a contract variation, provided for under Section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”). The 1996 Act was amended by the Work and Families Act 2006 to extend the scope of the right to employees caring for certain adults. The 2002 Regulations were amended by the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”) to prescribe the categories of adult in respect of whom a qualifying employee may make a statutory request, and to make certain other related amendments More
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These Regulations amend the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3236), widening the scope of the right of employees (under section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996) to request a contract variation. The right previously applied to carers of children under 6 or disabled children under 18, as well as employees who care for certain adults. It is extended to cover carers of children under 17 More
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This Order revokes, with effect from 23rd June 2008, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice for Trade Organisations and Qualifications Bodies (ISBN 0-11-703418-5) (“the Code”), which was issued by the Disability Rights Commission under section 53A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), and came into effect on 1st October 2004 (S.I. 2004/2302) More
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This Order brings the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice for Trade Organisations, Qualifications Bodies and General Qualifications Bodies (“the Code”) into force on 23rd June 2008. The Code was issued by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights under section 14(1) of the Equality Act 2006 on 16th May 2008 More
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These Regulations amend the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (the “Principal Regulations”). Regulations 1, 4 and 7 come into force on the day after the day on which the Regulations are made. The other regulations come into force on 1st October 2008 More
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This Order is made under the Education Act 2002 (“the Act”). It makes provision for the determination of the remuneration of school teachers (within the meaning of section 122 of the Act) in England and Wales and other conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their professional duties and working time More
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The Regulations contained in this Instrument are either made by virtue of, or are consequential upon, provisions in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5). This Instrument is made before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions; the regulations in it are therefore exempt in accordance with section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement in section 172(1) of that Act to refer proposals to make Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and are made without reference to that Committee More
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This Order appoints the day for the purposes of section 91(9) (procedure for issue and publication of codes of practice) of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) for the coming into effect of the Pensions Regulator Code of Practice No.11: Dispute resolution – reasonable periods More
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These Regulations amend the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/470) (“the 1997 Regulations”) and the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Protected Rights) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1537) (“the 1996 Regulations”) More
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These Regulations amend the Registered Pension Schemes (Transfer of Sums and Assets) Regulations 2006 (“the Transfer Regulations”). These amendments follow recent changes to Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (“FA 2004”), which contains the main provisions relating to the taxation of pension schemes More
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This Order makes provision for increases in the salaries payable under section 1(1), (3) and (3A) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (the 1975 Act) over and above the increases payable by virtue of the uprating formula in section 1A of the 1975 Act. The salaries covered by sections 1(1), (3) and (3A) are those of Ministers, Opposition Leaders and Whips and other office-holders listed in Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act, and the Commons and Lord Speakers More
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These Regulations amend the Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/590) (“the Entry Rules Regulations”). Pension schemes are required to go through an assessment period to determine whether they can enter the Pension Protection Fund (“the Fund”). Some schemes cease to be eligible to enter the Fund during the assessment period because the sponsoring employer is dissolved. Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations allows such schemes to remain eligible to enter the Fund More
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These Regulations contain amendments relating to the new Local Government Pension Scheme (“the Scheme”) which came into existence on 1st April 2008 and replaced the Local Government Pension Scheme 1997 (“the 1997 Scheme”). The majority of the amendments are to the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007 (“the Benefits Regulations”). All the amendments have effect from 1st April 2008 More
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These Regulations make amendments to provisions about the calculation and verification of transfer values (the amount that may be transferred from one pension scheme to another). They set out the new manner for calculating and verifying cash equivalents and cash transfer sums More
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This Order specifies, for the purposes of section 177 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) (“the Act”), the levy ceiling for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2008 More
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This Order directs that the low earnings threshold for the tax years following 2007 – 2008 shall be £13,500. The threshold for the tax year 2007 – 2008 was £13,000 by virtue of S.I. 2007/776. The low earnings threshold is the amount by reference to which the three surplus earnings bands are determined for the purpose of calculating the additional pension (the state second pension) in a state retirement pension More
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Her Majesty considers it expedient to amend the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006(1). In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006, and a reference to a numbered article, Part, Table or Schedule is a reference to the article, Part, Table or Schedule in the principal Order which bears that number More
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Under section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 as amended, and as modified by section 59A of that Act, the Treasury (in whom the functions conferred by those provisions are now vested) are required to provide by order for the increase in the rates of public service pensions. Under section 59(7) of the 1975 Act, section 59 of that Act has effect as if it were contained in the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. Section 9(2)(c) of the 1971 Act provides that references to the “rate” of pension shall have effect as references also to the amount of a lump sum benefit More
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These Regulations amend the Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) which specify the provision of information requirements in connection with registered pension schemes under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 More
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This Order specifies that, for the purposes of section 178(3)(a) of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) (“the Act”), the earnings percentage for the period from 31st July 2006 to 31st July 2007 (“the review period”) is 3.6 per cent More
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These Regulations prescribe the type of occupational pension schemes which are exempt from the requirement in section 253 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) that an employer may only pay contributions to a scheme whose main administration is outside the EEA states if the scheme is established under trust and has a trustee resident in the United Kingdom More
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These Regulations make provision for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (“the Board”) to make payments out of the Pension Protection Fund to cover any expenditure incurred by the Board in respect of risk-based administration costs More
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These Regulations are for the most part consequential upon section 273 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) as amended by section 16 of the Pensions Act 2007 (c.22) More
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These Regulations amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/626) (“the 2005 Regulations”) More
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These Regulations specify that it is always a reasonable step for a general qualifications body to assess a disabled candidate in relation to the components of an examination taken by that candidate as if those components comprised the entire examination More
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An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights; to dissolve the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission; to make provision about discrimination on grounds of religion or belief; to enable provision to be made about discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; to impose duties relating to sex discrimination on persons performing public functions; to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes More
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These Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68). They amend the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1660) and the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1661) (together “the 2003 Regulations”). The amendments made by these Regulations affect only the parts of the 2003 Regulations which deal with unlawful discrimination by qualifications bodies and providers of vocational training More
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This Order is the third Commencement Order to be made under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (“the Act”). The Act extensively amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) More
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These Regulations amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) in consequence of the provisions of section 6 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 6 of the 2006 Act relates to local education authority functions in respect of youth work, recreation etc. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act purports to make a consequential amendment to the 1995 Act, but refers to a subsection which had ceased to have effect on the coming into force on 1st September 2006 of amendments made by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) (Further and Higher Education) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1721). Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act is therefore ineffective More
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The Regulations give part-time workers the right in principle not to be treated less favourably than full-time workers of the same employer who work under the same type of employment contract. In addition a right is given to workers who become part-time or, having been full-time, return part-time after absence, to be treated not less favourably than they were before going part-time More
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This Order gives effect to levy proposals of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (“the Board”) which were submitted to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills under section 11 of the Industrial Training Act 1982 (“the Act”) More
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This Order gives effect to levy proposals of the Construction Industry Training Board (“the Board”) which were submitted to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills under section 11 of the Industrial Training Act 1982 (“the Act”) More
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These Regulations amend the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031) ("Age Regulations") which implement the Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) More
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These Regulations amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/678) (“the 2005 Regulations”). The 2005 Regulations make provision where debts arise under section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 in respect of occupational pension schemes More
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An Act to make provision for and in connection with a national minimum wage; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments relating to the remuneration of persons employed in agriculture; and for connected purposes More
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Section 312 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) provides that the Treasury may make regulations to specify descriptions of energy-saving items in respect of which expenditure may be deducted by residential landlords who pay income tax when calculating the profits of their property business. Section 314 provides that the Treasury may make regulations providing for the apportionment and restriction of the amount of such deduction. These Regulations exercise the powers conferred by those sections More
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The Working Time Regulations 1998 impose (amongst other things) limits on the maximum weekly working time of workers and on the length of night work. Regulation 20(2) of those Regulations, which is revoked by regulation 2, provided an exemption from those limits in cases where a worker`s working time was partly unmeasured or determined by the worker himself More
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Sections 19 and 20A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 provide that jobseeker’s allowance may not be payable to a claimant who refuses or fails without good cause to take part in an employment programme when directed to do so. The term “employment programme” is defined in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996. One of the programmes referred to in that regulation is the Intensive Activity Period More
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These Regulations amend the Pension Schemes (Categories of Country and Requirements for Overseas Pension Schemes and Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) and will come into force on 1st July 2007 More
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These Regulations exempt specified non-cash benefits provided to former and current employees under an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme from the charge to tax on employer-financed benefits under section 394 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA 2003”) More
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An Act to create a new offence that, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, is to be called corporate manslaughter and, in Scotland, is to be called corporate homicide; and to make provision in connection with that offence. More
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These Regulations transpose the main provisions of Council Directive 2002/96/EC of 27th January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment. More
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An Act to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful underpayment or non-payment; to make provision about the enforcement of minimum wages legislation and the application of the national minimum wage to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and voluntary workers; to make provision about the enforcement of offences under the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to make provision about the right of trade unions to expel or exclude members on the grounds of membership of a political party; and for connected purposes. More
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These Regulations, made under powers conferred by the Tax Credits Act 2002, amend the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002 (“the principal Regulations”). More
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These Regulations revoke the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 1976, the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (Charging Fees to Workers) Regulations 1976 and the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (Charging Fees to Au Pairs) Regulations 1981. More
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These Regulations further amend the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities)(Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005 (S.I.2005/2966). Those Regulations impose duties on public authorities listed in Schedule 1 to prepare and publish a Disability Equality Scheme, to revise it at intervals, to implement certain components of the Scheme, and publish an annual report of progress More
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An Act to make it unlawful to discriminate against disabled persons in connection with employment, the provision of goods, facilities and services or the disposal or management of premises; to make provision about the employment of disabled persons; and to establish a National Disability Council More
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These Regulations make further provision for the proper conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses; they increase protection for work-seekers, reduce certain regulatory burdens on employment businesses and also make minor clarifications to the 2003 Regulations More
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These Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987, the Police Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1987, the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006, the Police Pensions Regulations 2006 and the Police Pension Fund Regulations 2007. These amendments make provision for such Regulations to apply to a “specified employee of SOCA”. Specified employees of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (“SOCA”) are those who immediately before joining SOCA, were serving as the Director General of the National Crime Squad, or a police member of the National Crime Squad or the National Criminal Intelligence Service More
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This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to update the list of government departments etc which can be guilty of the offence of corporate manslaughter (under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland) or corporate homicide (under the law of Scotland). More
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This Order brings into force on 6th April 2007 the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which are listed in article 2 and brings into force on 31st May 2007 the provisions of that Act which are listed in article 3. The provisions in article 3(a) and (b) are only commenced in England More
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This Order brings into force Part 2 of the Equality Act 2006 (Discrimination on Grounds of Religion or Belief) (other than sections 52(6), 70 and 71 which are already in force) on 30th April 2007 More
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These Regulations amend the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”). Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes a new paragraph (1) in regulation 19 of the 2002 Regulations. The effect of the substituted paragraph is that paragraphs 2(b) and 4 of Schedule 11 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4) (circumstances in which periods of entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay do not arise) are omitted in relation to employment under a fixed-term contract where the employee is an agency worker More
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These Regulations, which are made under section 81 of the Equality Act 2006, make it unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services, education, disposal and management of premises and exercise of public functions. Sexual orientation is defined in section 35 of the Equality Act 2006 as meaning an individual’s sexual orientation towards persons of the same sex as him or her, persons of the opposite sex, or both More
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The Regulations contained in this Instrument are either made by virtue of, or are consequential upon, provisions in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). This Instrument is made before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions; the regulations in it are therefore exempt in accordance with section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement in section 172(1) of that Act to refer proposals to make Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and are made without reference to that Committee More
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This Order provides that lump sum payments paid to those school teachers in England who teach a subject in relation to which they have successfully completed a relevant course and an accredited module on that course are not to be treated as remuneration for the purpose of section 122(1) More
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This Code is intended to help employers comply with the Data Protection Act and to encourage them to adopt good practice. The Code aims to strike a balance between the legitimate expectations of workers that personal information about them will be handled properly and the legitimate interests of employers in deciding how best, within the law, to run their own businesses. It does not impose new legal obligations More
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These Regulations make transitional provision in relation to the introduction of employment and support allowance. They provide in effect that (apart from linked claims) after employment and support allowance is introduced no new claim can be made for incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or income support on the grounds of disability, since such a claim will be treated as a claim for an employment and support allowance (regulation 2(1)) More
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These Regulations are made in consequence of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and are made within six months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions(6) More
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The regulations contained in this Instrument are made by virtue of or consequential on provisions in the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) (“the 2007 Act”). This Instrument is made before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions; the regulations in it are therefore exempt in accordance with section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement in section 172(1) of that Act to refer proposals to make Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and are made without reference to that Committee More
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The London Skills and Employment Board is under a duty in section 24B(2) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 to formulate a strategy setting out how the functions specified in this Order are to be carried out by the Learning and Skills Council for England in Greater London, and to keep that strategy under review More
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These Regulations provide for the establishment of the London Skills and Employment Board. The functions of the Board are set out in section 24B(2) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 which was inserted by section 4 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 More
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This Order specifies the maximum penalty which may be imposed by the Secretary of State under section 15(2) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 on an employer who acts contrary to that section in the employment of an adult subject to immigration control More
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Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (the “Act”) permits the Minister for the Civil Service to make schemes which make provision for pensions and other benefits in respect of civil servants and persons serving in an employment or office listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme, the Civil Service Compensation Scheme and the Civil Service Injury Benefits Scheme are schemes which have been made under section 1 of the Act More
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These Regulations amend The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. The effect of the amendments is to extend the descriptions of person validly able to give advice in relation to compromise agreements under those Regulations to a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives employed by a solicitors' practice More
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These Regulations amend The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. The effect of the amendments is to extend the descriptions of person validly able to give advice in relation to compromise agreements under those Regulations to a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives employed by a solicitors' practice More
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