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Pensions Bill

moved Amendment No. 138A: 138A: Clause 115, page 54, line 8, leave out subsection (5) and insert— ““( ) Subsection (4) applies to— (a) regulations under section 15(2)(c), 16(1)(c), 85, (Persons working on vessels), (Power to amend provisions of Pensions Act 2004 relating to contribution notices etc.) or (Disclosure of information relating to state pension credit recipients); (b) the first regulations under section 3(2) or (5B), 5(2) or (5B), 6(4)(b) or (5B) or 8(3)(b); (c) an order under section 58 or 61(5); (d) an order under section 117 amending or repealing any provision of an Act; (e) an order under paragraph 9(7) of Schedule 4.”” The noble Lord said: Clause 115 provides that any power under the Bill to make an order or regulation is exercisable by statutory instrument. It also sets out the parliamentary procedure that will apply to such secondary legislation. We are approaching the end of the Bill and this important amendment ensures that regulation-making powers in some sections that we have debated are subject to the appropriate level of parliamentary scrutiny. For example, this amendment requires regulations relating to the sharing of pension credit customer data with energy companies to be subject to the affirmative procedure, thereby giving both Houses an adequate opportunity to scrutinise these measures. In this clause, we have also complied with a number of helpful recommendations made by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. In short, this important amendment ensures that secondary legislation under the Bill will be subject to appropriate parliamentary oversight. I beg to move.