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| 6 April | State Pension Age: Completion of increase to age 68. |
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| 6 April | Gradual raising of state pension age from 65 to 68 begins. |
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| 6 April | State Pension Age: Completion of raising the female SPA to equal the male age of 65. |
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| | Planned introduction of personal accounts. |
| | The link between state pensions and earnings to be re-established. |
| | DC contracting-out to be abolished some time after 2012. more |
| | Significant increase to PPF administration levy expected. |
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| 6 April | Working-age widowers (finally) achieve parity of entitlement with widows to inherited SERPS and S2P. |
| | Gradual raising of the female state pension age from 60 to 65 begins. (From 04/2010, female SPA effectively increases by 1 month for every 2 months that pass.) |
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| | Watch out for: |
| | Self Invested Personal Pensions to be allowed to hold protected rights. more |
| | European Commission review of IORP Directive. |
| | New Isle of Man Income Tax (Pensions) Act (likely to be retrospective to 6 April 2008). more |
| | Amendments to the Finance Act 2004 by the Finance Act 2008 (notably to simplify the administration of trivial commutation). more |
| | Final guidance from the Pensions Regulator on conflicts of interest; reasonable periods relating to internal disputes; and longevity. |
| | Amendments to Financial Assistance Scheme Regs. |
| | Government response to consultation on flexible retirement and age discrimination (likely July 2008). More |
| 1 October | New Transfer Value Regs will come into effect. more |
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| 5 June | Consultation published on plans for a new type of scheme to more evenly share risks between employer and the individual; plus, plans to abolish the protected rights ‘survivor’s benefit’ rule. more |
| 25 April | Consultation published on plans to increase powers of the Pensions Regulator. more |
| 7 April | Guidance from the Pensions Regulator on multi-employer withdrawal arrangements. more |
| 6 April | Employer Debt Regs amended by the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008. more |
| | Amendments to the Provision of Information Regs. more |
| | Minor amendments to the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures. more |
| 2 April | Major set of amendments to the Registered Pension Schemes Manual. more |
| 20 March | Final guidance from the Pensions Regulator on clearance. |
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| 17 December | Government announces further changes to the Financial Assistance Scheme. more |
| 14 December | Appointed day under the Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3512) |
| 5 December | Pensions Bill published and received first reading in the House of Commons. more |
| | Amendments made to the Registered Pension Schemes Manual (RPSM) mainly to bring into line with the Finance Act 2007. more |
| 1 November | Appointed day under the Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3063). |
| 16 October | Introduction of mandatory e-filing by HMRC. more |
| 9 October | Pre Budget Report contains several Simplification aspects more |
| 1 October | Amendments to winding-up legislation in force more |
| 26 September | Most of remaining provisions of Pensions Act 2007 in force. more |
| 11 September | TPR publishes draft guidance on clearance. more |
| 26 July | Pensions Act 2007 receives Royal Assent. more |
| 25 July | Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions published. more |
| 19 July | Finance Act 2007 receives Royal Assent. more |
| 5 June | Thornton Review of Pensions Institutions published. |
| 3 May | TPR issues guidance on scheme abandonment. more |
| 25 April | Set of changes to RPSM. more |
| 6 April | The Registered Pension Schemes (Standard Lifetime and Annual Allowances) Order 2007 (SI 2007/494) sets the Allowances for tax years 2007/08 to 2010/11. more |
| 1 April | GN29: Occupational Pension Schemes - Advisors to the Trustees or a Participating Employer version 7.0 takes effect. |
| 31 January | Guidance confirms that an employer contribution will be deductible provided it is "wholly and exclusively" for the purposes of trade. more |
| 25 January | ECJ judgment on case Carol Marilyn Robins and Others (Allied Steel and Wire Limited) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. more |
| 24 January | TPR Code of Practice No. 10 Modification of subsisting rights in effect. more |
| 18 January | Government opts to continue using an expected cost basis for future transfers from defined benefit occupational pension schemes more |
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