PART IITHE PENSIONS REGULATOR

Provision of information, education and assistance

Provision of information, education and assistance8

1

The Regulator may provide such information, education and assistance as it considers appropriate to those involved in—

a

the administration of work-based pension schemes, or

b

advising the trustees or managers in relation to such schemes as to their operation.

2

To the extent that it is not authorised to do so under paragraph (1), the Regulator may also provide such information, education and assistance as it considers appropriate to—

a

employers in relation to work-based pension schemes,

b

persons involved in advising such employers as to the operation of such schemes, or

c

persons upon whom duties are imposed by or by virtue of Article 215 (information and advice to employees).

3

For the purposes of paragraph (2), “employers in relation to work-based pension schemes” means, in the case of stakeholder pension schemes, the persons upon whom duties are imposed by or by virtue of Article 5 of the 1999 Order (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes).

4

In this Article—

  • “assistance” does not include financial assistance;

  • “stakeholder pension scheme” and “work-based pension scheme” have the same meaning as in Article 4 (Regulator's objectives).