The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Provision of Information and Administrative Expenses etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations are made under Article 164 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the Pensions Order”). They make provision for the Department of Health and Social Services to provide information in certain circumstances in respect of individuals who have chosen to participate in a personal pension scheme instead of the Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS) Superannuation Scheme and to impose reasonable fees on prescribed persons in connection with administrative expenses incurred in providing such information. They also make provision for the Department to impose reasonable fees in respect of administration expenses incurred in connection with the admission or readmission of such individuals to the HPSS Superannuation Scheme or with the administration by it of a compensation payment in respect of such an individual in the circumstances described in Article 164(2) of the Pensions Order.

Regulations 1 and 2 provide for the citation, commencement and interpretation of the Regulations. Regulation 3 describes the circumstances in which the regulations apply. Regulation 4 prescribes the circumstances in which the Department may provide information to a prescribed person for the purposes of Article 164(1) of the Pensions Order. Regulation 5 sets out the “prescribed persons” for the purposes of Article 164(1) of the Pensions Order. Regulation 6 prescribes the persons on whom the Department may impose reasonable fees in respect of administrative expenses incurred in connection with the matters referred to in Article 164(2) of the Pensions Order.