Pensions Bill

moved Amendment No. 73: 73: Clause 112, page 58, line 28, leave out ““or decree”” and insert ““, decree or declarator”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, Clause 112 sets out the timescale for a pension compensation credit to be implemented. The four-month period begins on the later of two dates: the transfer day or the first day the board is in receipt of the relevant documents. The relevant documents include a decree or order relating to the divorce, dissolution or annulment. This technical amendment adds ““declarator”” to that list. A ““declarator”” is a term in Scottish law that is in some cases used instead of a reference to an order or decree. For the reference to annulment in the clause, reference to ““declarator”” needs to be added in order to cover the position in Scotland, where the types of annulment in question come about by declarator of nullity. This amendment ensures that the provisions are triggered in the same way whether in Scotland or in England and Wales by accommodating the different terminology used in the different jurisdictions. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.