Pensions Act 2008

144 Orders and regulations: supplementary

(1) This section applies to an order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act.

(2) An order or regulations may include—

(a) such incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient;

(b) provision conferring a discretion on any person.

(3) An order under section 67 may include provision for anything that may be prescribed by the order to be determined under it, and for anything falling to be so determined to be determined by such persons, in accordance with such procedure and by reference to such matters, and to the opinion of such persons, as may be prescribed.

(4) The power to make an order or regulations may be exercised—

(a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified cases or classes of case,

(b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised—

(i) the full provision to which the power extends or any less provision (whether by way of exception or otherwise),

(ii) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provision for different cases or different classes of case or different provision as respects the same case or class of case for different purposes of this Act, or

(iii) any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition.