Part 9: Public Sector Employment: Restrictions on Exit Payments
This part provides powers to the Treasury, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers to make regulations to restrict exit payments that are payable in the public sector.
	In this context, an exit payment is a payment made to an employee or office holder as a result of them leaving that employment or office. Exit payments can be any financial or non-financial transfer to an employee from the employer which does not represent remuneration for normal ongoing activities that are part of their employment. This includes, for example:
Payments related to voluntary and compulsory redundancies;
Payments related to other voluntary exits with compensation packages;
The cost to the employer of offering early access to reduced pensions in place of, or in combination with, other exit payments;
Special severance payments and ex gratia payments related to exit from employment;
The monetary value of any extra leave, allowances or other benefits granted as part of the exit process which are not payments in relation to employment;
Payments or compensation in lieu of notice and payments relating to the cashing up of outstanding entitlements.
	There are a wide range of exit payment arrangements in the public sector. These include formal redundancy schemes (for example, the Civil Service Compensation Scheme) and schemes operated at local level by employers. Further, some employees may have individual contractual relationships that provide for additional exit payments. The regulations made under this Part of the Act will cap relevant payments under these arrangements to the amount specified in the Act or in later regulations.
	The provisions of this Part extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.