Part VI of the Pensions Act, 1990, is amended by the insertion after section 59B (inserted by section 35 of the Act of 1999) of the following section:

"59C.

(1) In this section -

‘integrated pension’ means a scheme pension, the calculation of the amount of which involves a State pension offset;

‘scheme pension’ means a pension payable under an occupational pension scheme;

‘State pension’ means -

(a) disablement pension,

(b) death benefit under section 60, 61 or 62,

(c) old age (contributory) pension,

(d) retirement pension,

(e) invalidity pension,

(f) widow's (contributory) pension, or

(g) widower's (contributory) pension,

under Part II of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993;

‘State pension offset’, in relation to the calculation of a scheme pension, means a deduction or offset, the amount of which depends on the amount of a State pension;

‘updated State pension offset’, in relation to the calculation of an increase to a scheme pension after its commencement, means a State pension offset, the amount of which depends on the amount of a State pension at, or during a period up to, the date the increase to the scheme pension is calculated or made.