1 LEGISLATION
1.1 Pensions Acts 1990 to 2015
Section 80(1) of the Pensions Act provides that where a rule of
a scheme does not comply with the principle of equal treatment on
the gender ground, it shall, to the extent that it does not so
comply, be rendered null and void with effect from 17 May 1990.
Section 80(3) preserves for pre-1990 benefits an (otherwise null
and void) rule relating to retirement ages for a limited period
until 31 December 2017 (e.g. where a female active member has
pre-1990 benefits which have a different NRD attaching to them than
an equivalent male active member, the employers and trustees are
permitted to retain that unequal treatment up to 31 December 2017
but after that date the male active pre-1990 benefits must be
levelled up to those of his female counterparts). Where an
otherwise null and void rule remains in force for pre-1990 benefits
in the scheme provisions on 1 January 2018 then the trustees of the
scheme will be required to
