The Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Information required by the person responsible for the pension arrangement before the implementation period may begin

5.  The information prescribed for the purposes of Article 31(1)(b) (information relating to the transferor and the transferee which the person responsible for the pension arrangement must receive) is—

(a) in relation to the transferor—

(i) all names by which the transferor has been known;

(ii) date of birth;

(iii) address;

(iv) National Insurance number;

(v) the name of the pension arrangement to which the pension sharing order or provision relates, and

(vi) the transferor’s membership or policy number in that pension arrangement;

(b) in relation to the transferee—

(i) all names by which the transferee has been known;

(ii) date of birth;

(iii) address;

(iv) National Insurance number, and

(v) if the transferee is a member of the pension arrangement from which the pension credit is derived, his membership or policy number in that pension arrangement;

(c) where the transferee has given his consent in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c), 3(3)(c) or 4(2)(c) of Schedule 5 (mode of discharge of liability for a pension credit) to the payment of the pension credit to the person responsible for a qualifying arrangement—

(i) the full name of that qualifying arrangement;

(ii) its address;

(iii) if known, the transferee’s membership or policy number in that arrangement, and

(iv) the name or title, business address, business telephone number, and where available, the business facsimile number and electronic mail address of a person who may be contacted in respect of the discharge of liability for the pension credit;

(d) where the rights from which the pension credit is derived are held in an occupational pension scheme which is being wound up, whether the transferee has given an indication whether he wishes to transfer his pension credit rights which may have been reduced in accordance with the provisions of regulation 16(1) of the Implementation and Discharge of Liability Regulations (adjustments to the amount of pension credit — occupational pension schemes which are underfunded on the valuation day) to a qualifying arrangement, and

(e) any information requested by the person responsible for the pension arrangement in accordance with regulation 4(2)(i) or (k).