The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Levy and Register) (Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Amendment of the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations

3.—(1) The Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “member”, in paragraph (b) the words “or a scheme treated as such” shall be omitted;

(b) in the definition of “registrable scheme” the words from “; and, for the purposes” to the end shall be omitted, and

(c) the definition of “total membership” shall be omitted.

(3) In regulation 2(2) (information required in respect of registrable schemes)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for sub-paragraph (g) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(g) the number of members of the scheme;”, and

(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2) as it relates to the information specified in paragraph (1)(g), the information shall be provided by reference to the date on which the scheme became a registrable scheme.”.

(4) In regulation 3 (notification of changes) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) Where the Registrar in writing requests the trustees of a registrable scheme to notify the Registrar of the number of members of the scheme on the last day of such scheme year as shall be specified by the Registrar in that request, the trustees shall, not more than 56 days after receiving that request, give notice in writing to the Registrar of the number of members of the scheme on that day.”.

(5) In regulation 6(3)(3) (transitional provisions — provision of information) for “regulation 2(1)(c) and (g) to (j)” there shall be substituted “regulation 2(1)(c) and (h) to (j)”.

(1)

S.R. 1997 No. 102, amended by S.R. 1997 Nos. 271 and 544

(2)

Regulation 2 was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1997 No. 271 and regulation 10 of S.R. 1997 No. 544

(3)

Regulation 6(3) was amended by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1997 No. 271