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| December | Government response to consultation on Flexible Retirement.more |
| 26 November | Pensions Act 2008 receives Royal Assent.more |
| 24 November | Announcement in Pre-Budget Report that both the Lifetime Allowance and Annual Allowance are to be frozen for five years from 2011.more |
| 30 October | TPR issues statement to trustees about financial pressures.more |
| 1 October | New Transfer Value Regs will come into effect.more |
| | TPR guidance on both conflicts of interest and transfer values.more |
| | SIPPs permitted to hold protected rights.more |
| 21 July | Finance Act 2008 receives Royal Assent. |
| 30 June | TPR issues final wind-up approach and guidance.more |
| 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 |
| 20 May | Isle of Man Income Tax (Pensions) Act receives Royal Assent. |
| 9 May | TPR issues 'Occupational DC schemes - Good practice in member retirement options and the open market option'. |
| 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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